uptalky

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adjective

Engaging in or characteristic of uptalk.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveuptalky (comparative more uptalky, superlative most uptalky)

comparative more uptalky · superlative most uptalky · alternative up-talky

  1. Engaging in or characteristic of uptalk.

    I could make note of what sounded too awkward, too flat, too up-talky and too fast.

    2020, Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, page 77
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    As I turned the corner, my reverie was ruined by the uptalky conversation between Hilary Beck and Rachel Martin.

    2015, Anna Davies, Identity Theft, page 4

    "Maybe in a way?" I said, neither able to determine—owing to his blasé, uptalky tone—whether Chad-Kyle's question were intended to insult me, nor whether he'd be any less despicable if it weren't.

    2021, Adam Levi, Bubblegum, page 140

Origin

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