small-talky
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Engaging in or characteristic of small talk.
Example Sentences
- "One of the cardinal rules here is that we do not talk about our illness at mealtimes or at any social gathering, so everyone is very polite and small-talky and banal, because of course we are all preoccupied with our bodies and the processes going on within them or else we wouldn’t be here."
- "Wes is mute on the drive to my place, and I can't think of anything not small-talky to say."
- "If he has obvious date jitters— like he has trouble making eye contact or asks small-talky questions— it's because you make him nervous."
Etymology
From small talk + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
small-talkier (comparative)
small-talkiest (superlative)