talkily

Thân thiện

She answered the question talkily, with many cheerful details.

Definition

Adverb: * In an excessively talkative or wordy manner: Describes the act of speaking at length, often with more words than necessary, or in a chatty, loquacious way.

Usage and Examples

The adverb "talkily" modifies a verb to describe how someone is speaking. It is a formal or literary word.

• Example 1: The witness answered the lawyer's simple question , taking ten minutes to describe what could have been said in one sentence.
• Example 2: He explained the concept , circling around the main point with anecdotes and tangents before finally getting to the core idea.

Advanced Usage

• Stylistic Note: "Talkily" is not a common word in everyday conversation. It is more often found in literary criticism, descriptive writing, or formal analysis to critique or describe a verbose style of speech or writing.
  • The novel's narrator relates events talkily, which some readers find charming and others find tedious.

Variants and Related Words

• Talky (adjective): Tending to talk a lot; containing or characterized by excessive talk.
  • He's in a very talky mood today.
  • The film's second act is quite talky.
• Loquaciously (adverb): In a very talkative manner. (A close synonym, often more common than "talkily").
• Verbosely (adverb): Using or expressed in more words than are needed.
• Garrulously (adverb): In an excessively talkative way, especially about trivial matters.

Synonyms

• Loquaciously
• Verbosely
• Garrulously
• Wordily
• Chattily

Antonyms

• Concisely
• Succinctly
• Briefly
• Taciturnly
• Laconic

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a chatty loquacious manner
   • `When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'

Từ đồng nghĩa

• loquaciously
• garrulously
• talkatively