"accostable" meaning in English

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          "text": "Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter.",
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          "text": "Online communities becoming increasingly accostable to their users does not always lead to higher overall activity.",
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          "text": "“I always felt that I knew what to do in those circumstances,” she continued. “I didn’t feel … accostable. I never felt that I was being insulted, demeaned. I didn’t recognize it as that.[…]”",
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        "Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted."
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        "(dated, uncommon) Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted."
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