Talkative (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive".
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All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 3
Full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her talkative aunt dominated the dinner conversation, barely letting anyone else get a word in.
- The talkative real estate agent was annoyingly chatty during the viewing of the apartment.
- After a few drinks, John became quite talkative and regaled the whole bar with stories of his travels.
- Her talkative coworker would often keep her from meeting deadlines with long, pointless conversations.
- The talkative taxi driver kept up a constant stream of chatter during the short ride to the airport.