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TALKATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Friendly and open and willing to talk
Example:
wine made the guest expansive
Synonyms:
expansive; talkative
Classified under:
Similar:
communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)
Derivation:
talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)
talkativeness (the quality of being wordy and talkative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unwisely talking too much
Synonyms:
bigmouthed; blabbermouthed; blabby; talkative
Classified under:
Similar:
indiscreet (lacking discretion; injudicious)
Derivation:
talk (divulge confidential information or secrets)
talkativeness (the quality of being wordy and talkative)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Full of trivial conversation
Example:
kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
Synonyms:
chatty; gabby; garrulous; loquacious; talkative; talky
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
voluble (marked by a ready flow of speech)
Derivation:
talkativeness (the quality of being wordy and talkative)
Context examples:
Mr. John Knightley proved more talkative than his brother.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
