— talkatively , adv. — talkativeness , n.
/taw"keuh tiv/ , adj.
inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
[ 1400-50; late ME; see TALK, -ATIVE ]
Syn . wordy, verbose, prolix. TALKATIVE, GARRULOUS, LOQUACIOUS characterize a person who talks a great deal. TALKATIVE is a neutral or mildly unfavorable word applied to a person who is inclined to talk a great deal, sometimes without significance: a talkative child. The GARRULOUS person talks with wearisome persistence, usually about personal and trivial things: a garrulous old man. A LOQUACIOUS person, intending to be sociable, talks continuously and at length: a loquacious host.