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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
Nazar brings some swagger to the room, Oliver Moore is an ebullient and chatty guy, and Wyatt Kaiser and Spencer Knight have become thoughtful, respected voices in the room.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
With Venus in your chatty 3rd house sextiling quirky Uranus in your inventive 5th house, there’s no doubt of that.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Today is like a sparring session between Mars and Uranus in your chatty 3rd house and sensible 6th house, respectively.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
The nurturing Moon in your 12th House of Seclusion squares chatty Mercury in your 9th House of Exploration, potentially stirring up worries around privacy and publicity.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2026
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
With Venus in your chatty 3rd house sextiling quirky Uranus in your inventive 5th house, there’s no doubt of that.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
Today is like a sparring session between Mars and Uranus in your chatty 3rd house and sensible 6th house, respectively.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
The nurturing Moon in your 12th House of Seclusion squares chatty Mercury in your 9th House of Exploration, potentially stirring up worries around privacy and publicity.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
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The realism, though, comes in the particularity of the Spanish dialogue, the cultural exchanges, and colloquial understandings that run through this community — and from Mexico to the United States.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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The country that lays colloquial claim to the pastime has historically underperformed, quite clearly because other nations were simply trying harder in the form of better players agreeing to participate.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Vargas, equal parts talkative and professionally restrained, started by examining my every pore under a light.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Other talkative breeds include the oriental shorthair, the Balinese, the Japanese bobtail, the Tonkinese, the Burmese, the sphynx, and the Bengal.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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