communicative
adjective
com·mu·ni·ca·tive
kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tiv 
-ni-kə-tiv
-ni-kə-tiv
1
: tending to communicate : talkative
2
: of or relating to communication
communicatively
adverb
communicativeness
noun
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Relationship Management: Be more engaging, communicative, and persuasive by learning to tell a good story.
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Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Then there’s Dean (Jared Padalecki), Rory’s first boyfriend, who is kind, stable and communicative but periodically acts threatened by Rory’s Ivy League aspirations.
—Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Courtney said incident management crews have been rotating in shifts; the most recent group had been more communicative and proactive.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
Characters were most likely to have a physical disability (73 percent), compared to communicative (26 percent) and cognitive (23 percent) disabilities.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Then there’s Dean (Jared Padalecki), Rory’s first boyfriend, who is kind, stable and communicative but periodically acts threatened by Rory’s Ivy League aspirations.
—Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Courtney said incident management crews have been rotating in shifts; the most recent group had been more communicative and proactive.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
Characters were most likely to have a physical disability (73 percent), compared to communicative (26 percent) and cognitive (23 percent) disabilities.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2024
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communicative
adjective
com·mu·ni·ca·tive
kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkāt-iv
-ni-kət-iv
-ni-kət-iv
1
: tending to communicate : talkative
2
: of or relating to communication
communicativeness
noun
Legal Definition
communicative
adjective
com·mu·ni·ca·tive
kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tiv, -kə-tiv
1
: tending or serving to communicate
a communicative gesture
2
: of or relating to communication
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