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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
Both players took every opportunity to talk trash to the chatty Suns bench.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Your 11th House of Collaboration holds chatty Mercury, which squares sudden Uranus in your 2nd House of Supplies.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
There are also scores of chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship than Mandelson had previously disclosed.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Spending time with him feels like being seated next to your friend’s chatty husband at a dinner party.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Your 11th House of Collaboration holds chatty Mercury, which squares sudden Uranus in your 2nd House of Supplies.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
There are also scores of chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship than Mandelson had previously disclosed.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Spending time with him feels like being seated next to your friend’s chatty husband at a dinner party.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In court, Tillman was upbeat and talkative with his federal public defender, Varell Fuller, prior to making his guilty plea.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Loud, funny and talkative, The Big Bopper merged radio and rock stardom and became a larger-than-life entity with a true theatrical presence.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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