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uptalky en · ADJ

Etymology

From uptalk + -y

Meanings

1. Engaging in or characteristic of uptalk.
   • "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:
   • 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:
   • 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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