ˈtȯkəd.]iv, -ət] adjective
Etymology: talk (I) + -ative
: given to or filled with talking : loquacious , garrulous
was now, especially when fortified with liquor, as talkative as might be — W.M.Thackeray
this is a talkative town and you are the last person it will spare — O.S.J.Gogarty
for the first time in all these talkative weeks, people appeared to have nothing much to say, whether they approved of the decision or not — Mollie Panter-Downes
a talkative book
Synonyms:
talkative , loquacious , garrulous , and voluble all apply to one given to talking; talkative usually stresses only a readiness to engage in talk but may suggest a disposition to enjoy conversation
told a number of his best Indian stories; for he was extremely talkative in man's society — W.M.Thackeray
his wife was considerably younger … and talkative where he was monosyllabic — Dorothy Sayers
loquacious commonly implies fluency and ease in speech or an unusual talkativeness
talks in a rapid and persuasive fashion (he is described as loquacious and good-natured) — Current Biography
the briskness of the mountain atmosphere, or some other cause, made everybody so loquacious — Nathaniel Hawthorne
garrulous usually stresses an unchecked, rambling, often foolish, sometimes tedious, talkativeness
this delightfully garrulous volume of memoirs — Books of the Month
the Italian quarter, noisy, garrulous, good-natured, and vital — American Guide Series: Massachusetts
did most of the talking: he was a garrulous young man — T.O.Heggen
the glories of silent appreciation were shattered by garrulous nothings — William Beebe
a garrulous old man
voluble suggests a free, easy, often seemingly endless loquacity
a voluble man, given to telling anecdotes — Jean Stafford
was to placate voluble voters who came in to complain — Sinclair Lewis
was very voluble, repeating, with increased circumlocutory detail and reference to what he had said to Dick and Dick to him, the account he had originally given to the police — Dorothy Sayers