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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
But over time, Dynes — a warm, chatty, energetic man — grew restless and decided to move on.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
Men socialized to be less expressive—without women partners drawing said expression out—could make for a less chatty experience.
—Rich Juzwiak, Time, 25 June 2025
By Kate Chin Park The Mini Crossword: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Sound from a chatty kitty: four letters.
—Nadav MacHete, New Yorker, 19 June 2025
Stylistically, the book becomes a motley, contaminated thing, a mix of Crews’s many modes—chatty, terse, demotic, detached, priapic, noirish, gnomic.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
Men socialized to be less expressive—without women partners drawing said expression out—could make for a less chatty experience.
—Rich Juzwiak, Time, 25 June 2025
By Kate Chin Park The Mini Crossword: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Sound from a chatty kitty: four letters.
—Nadav MacHete, New Yorker, 19 June 2025
Stylistically, the book becomes a motley, contaminated thing, a mix of Crews’s many modes—chatty, terse, demotic, detached, priapic, noirish, gnomic.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 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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Cunningham has a bubbly, infectious and talkative personality that pairs perfectly with her chic style.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 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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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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