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单词 talkiness
释义

talky

adjective

ˈtȯ-kē How to pronounce talky (audio)
talkier; talkiest
1
: talkative
2
: containing too much talk
talkiness
ˈtȯ-kē-nəs How to pronounce talky (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • blabby
  • chatty
  • conversational
  • gabby
  • garrulous
  • loquacious
  • motormouthed
  • mouthy
  • talkative
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Example Sentences

She was in a talky mood. a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation
Recent Examples on the Web Audiences eager to be enchanted by adult fairy tales might find something in the talky reflections on love and desire, on isolation and connection, the latter themes amplified by our recent memories of pandemic confinement. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 Maybe that’s enough to scratch a genre itch until the hourly mayhem kicks in, or maybe the talky parts will turn you into Milhouse waiting for Itchy, Scratchy, and Poochie to get to the fireworks factory. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2021 On the other, the Satires and Epistles, loose, talky poems written, like the Ars, in dactylic hexameter. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020 The acting here smooths out the blocky, talky, implausibly ruminative aspects of Laverty’s writing. Wesley Morris, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020 The Inheritance Matthew Murphy Epic in ambition and scale, this flawed masterpiece about the lives of an intersecting group of gay men in New York City is too long and, at times, too talky. Eben Shapiro, Time, 1 Dec. 2019 But a two-hour stage musical also contains a lot of talky-talk scenes and songs about boooring stuff like love and revenge and living your best life. Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2019 This amusing, if talky tale of the breakup between Nate (Sills-Evans), a club DJ and barber, and schoolteacher Melissa (Devin Nelson) is set largely in a brownstone apartment in the filmmaker’s hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y. Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 11 July 2019 Pert piano and squiggly synth elements recall the cloying tropical pop that Ed Sheeran played with on his recent albums; her sing-talky delivery resembles him, too. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

talkiness

noun

as in loquaciousness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • loquaciousness
  • loquacity
  • talkativeness
  • garrulousness
  • chattiness
  • wordiness
  • eloquence
  • volubility
  • fluency
  • verbosity
  • verboseness
  • windiness
  • talking
  • speaking
  • communication

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • muteness
  • silence
  • speechlessness
  • stillness
  • dumbness
  • inarticulateness
  • voicelessness
  • reticence
  • taciturnity
  • inarticulacy
  • reserve
  • reticency
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