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talkative

How to use talkative in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for talkative.

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Bosses are extremely talkative, and not in the amusing way like in Realm of the Mad God.

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Quick take

full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of talkative gathered in one view.

adjective

full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

adjective

unwisely talking too much

adjective

friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for talkative.

adjective

friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"

See also: expansive

Example sentences

1

Bosses are extremely talkative, and not in the amusing way like in Realm of the Mad God.

2

I wish some very talkative person wanting me to entertain them on the bus could have been entertained by their phone.

3

I also love how they run their company, how open and talkative they are about their organization.

4

A very energetic and talkative salesman would hardly make any sales in Finland.

5

Smoking a bit opens me up and makes me very talkative, which has been very helpful in social situations/relationships many, many times.

6

So she started answering the weakness question that way, and found that her bosses wouldn't complain about her talkativeness because she had already told them that up front.

7

Hostility breeds more hostility and it spirals ever upward, until the conversants are more frustrated than talkative.

8

Just as you can't argue that billboards and talkative salespeople should be outlawed, I'm not sure you can realistically argue that students who want to talk politics should not be allowed near you.

9

If you put 2 or 3 really smart and talkative "bullshit-detecting" kids in a class of 25 other regular kids, will all their BS detecting help or harm education of the other 25 kids?

10

But when it's, say, meeting with a venture capitalist and I'm always not quite what they're looking for, or if it's meeting with my grad school advisor and always being too talkative and emotional, or etc.

11

But the general programming languages/functional programming community is certainly fairly talkative.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use talkative in a sentence?

Bosses are extremely talkative, and not in the amusing way like in Realm of the Mad God.

What does talkative mean?

full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

What part of speech is talkative?

talkative is commonly used as adjective.