talkative
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Responding to questions in a humanlike, conversational tone, typically with encouraging answers, keeps users more engaged — and even talkative — than a direct, robotic response.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
"He was not very talkative, but he always had a smile on his face."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
TJ Pidgeon, an 82-year-old woman with dementia in Newcastle, Wash., has become more talkative with her family since she began using Sunny in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
On his way back to Washington on Sunday, the normally talkative Trump then declined to take any questions from reporters traveling with him on Air Force One, including an AFP journalist.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
For the preceding two months he had in fact complained in public and private that he was no good as a “solitudionarian” and he “wanted my talkative wife.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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