talkative
adjective
inclined to talk a great deal.
talkativeness
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a word derived from
talkative.
Example Sentences
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Pfeifer and her fellow researcher had set out to study gender differences in talkativeness when they discovered that people were speaking less overall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Like any burgeoning homosexual child, I came equipped with the gay starter pack that included talkativeness and flamboyance.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
The end of an episode was marked by a headache, euphoria, unusual talkativeness and a few nights of insomnia, during which Erin and her relieved mother caught up on what she had missed.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022
The hallmarks of hypomania include inflated self-esteem, increased talkativeness, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, distractibility and absence of restraint to engage in activities that could invite personal harm.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
He, so light-hearted, became serious amid the forced laughter of drawing-rooms; he, so witty, waxed silent and gloomy amid unmeaning conventional talkativeness.
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Sir Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry) Jerningham
