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talkative

[taw-kuh-tiv] / ˈtɔ kə tɪv /


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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

A lively, talkative little girl, she spoke fluent Korean at the time, and her adoptive father recorded her on a cassette that then sat gathering dust for years.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 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

"When he was on social media, he was more social … more talkative with us," Mau says, though, she adds, his moodiness may also simply be the "teenage years".

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

Often, the younger guys, the more recent arrivals, were more talkative.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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