[T]o the credit of the lady it may be added, that […] without any of the arts of flattery or the gaieties of small talk, he began to be agreeable to her.
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Small talk
Synonyms for "small talk" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Noun(10 words)
Related words (24)
idle chatpalaverpatterprattleprattlingprittle-prattlereparteereporttable talktea-table talktittle tattletittle-tattle
Adjective(1 words)
noneducational talk
Verb(1 words)
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If he had a fault as a conversationalist, it was a certain tendency to monotony, a certain lack of sparkle and variety in his small-talk.
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Yet for so public a figure, Jackson was socially awkward, inept at small talk and terrified when the distant audience became an adoring mob.
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