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as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
a time when campers were expected to write a chatty letter to their folks every week
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as in talkative
fond of talking or conversation
a chatty campaigner who talked to everyone like they were old friends
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Recent Examples of chatty
Stylistically, the book becomes a motley, contaminated thing, a mix of Crews’s many modes—chatty, terse, demotic, detached, priapic, noirish, gnomic.
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Recipes for everything from ceviche mixto with popcorn (!) to flan to sweet plantains are sure to delight, and the book’s chatty, convivial tone is likely to linger in your mind long after the meal has been consumed and the dreaded dinner dishes are done.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
While some breeds are known for being naturally chatty, there is a chance that frequent meowing is a sign of a medical condition.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Exciting news may come when chatty Mercury joins benefic Jupiter on June 8.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Recipes for everything from ceviche mixto with popcorn (!) to flan to sweet plantains are sure to delight, and the book’s chatty, convivial tone is likely to linger in your mind long after the meal has been consumed and the dreaded dinner dishes are done.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
While some breeds are known for being naturally chatty, there is a chance that frequent meowing is a sign of a medical condition.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Exciting news may come when chatty Mercury joins benefic Jupiter on June 8.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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Proposition 12 is the colloquial term for the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative.—
Alan Wooten,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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The strawberry moon is the colloquial name for June's full moon, a term originating from Native American tribes who marked the time when wild strawberries reached peak ripeness.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Emily soon bonds with the talkative rebel, and their connection eventually blossoms into a full-on romance.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
8 June 2025
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They are not injured, just very loud and talkative.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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