Bubbly

What it looks like

• Chats easily and cheerfully with whoever is nearby, from a classmate to a stranger in line.
• Laughs often, and soon has other people laughing.
• Brings a light, bright energy into a room that lifts a flat mood.

Fits when someone has a persistently cheerful and animated social manner

Not when you need a formal description or the brightness appears forced

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

There is no resume line for this one: the word is informal, it can read as lightweight, and dictionaries note it is used especially of women and girls. Show results with customers or guests instead, and let a reference describe the manner in plainer terms.

• [Name] is bubbly and great with people: at [the front desk, events or a children's program], their cheerful chat put [visitors, families or customers] at ease from the first minute.

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• [Name] is a bubbly, cheerful member of the class who chats happily with everyone and is learning when it is time to listen.

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• The waiting room had been silent for twenty minutes. Then a small girl in rain boots announced that her goldfish was older than her brother, and by the time the next name was called, three strangers were swapping pet stories.

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