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talkative
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty , gabby , garrulous , loquacious , talky ] unwisely talking too much [syn: bigmouthed , blabbermouthed , blabby ] friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 tend to talk a lot. 2 speak openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c.; see talk (v.) + -ative . An early hybrid word in English. Originally especially "boastful," but now considered less pejorative than loquacious , garrulous . Related: Talkatively ; talkativeness .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Somehow I always end up alone in a room with my talkative aunt. ▪ The wine was making her more relaxed and talkative . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was not talkative , but once wound up he charmed them all with his stories ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Talkative \Talk"a*tive\, a. Given to much talking. Syn: Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous . [1913 Webster] -- Talk"a*tive*ly , adv. -- Talk"a*tive*ness , n.
Usage examples of talkative.
Olivia nodded dumbly, though she grew more talkative when she saw the mosaic of Salome above the Baptistry, captivated by the extraordinary allure in the slender figure in the clinging dress.
This bland, slick, talkative bookseller, was he arranging some blackmailing scheme to kidnap the girl and wring blood-money out of her father?
I remembered it clearly then, Chubby in his talkative phase in the public bar of the Lord Nelson, boastful as one of the very few men who had been through the Gunfire Break.
Erick was always friendly, talkative and in good humor, and never buried in history books which often made Edi unhappy.
Ralph thought that Ghysbrecht Havilland, always known as Gis, was either very silent or very talkative, with little in between.
Though he was talkative, for a wizard, Heleth was silent as a stone about some things.
Though Kwalu appeared tight-lipped to Artus, Sanda was amazed at how talkative the negus had proved to be with the explorer.
Having met misses Sneath, you must know she is not the talkative sort.
I spoke with a doctor named Perez, a young talkative spic who used to assist her.
Elyne in the class, Yalend, spent his time with the talkative Vindo boy, Seno.
Mordecai had been no more talkative than he had been earlier in the day, and if he was friendlier it would have taken a micrometer to measure it.
Miss Overmore, after another immense and talkative squeeze, a question of which the motive was a desire for information as to the continuity of a certain sentiment.
He could see them all well enough, arranged by physiognomic type around the table, a menagerie of cunning and talkative gentlefolk, only the weird names he could not always say aloud.
She smiled down at the talkative soldier and Prew thought he had never seen such a smugly talkative soldier.
Of bipedal travelers and their accompanying quaternion of talkative trees, there was no sign save for some splintered branches and a mighty axe that, in the absence of its owner, lay useless and forlorn amid the settling debris.