not talkative
Example Sentences
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I'm not talkative, except in interviews, about what I am doing.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023
In his first year, “not only was he not talkative and outgoing with the media, in the locker room he was very reserved.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2013
Don't be alarmed if the triplets are not talkative.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She was not talkative at school, but industrious, and always ready with lessons.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King
It is best not to have too much conversation going on while eating; be cheerful, but not talkative; do the talking afterward.
From The Science of Being Well by Wattles, Wallace Delois