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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
Plants that aren’t used in the kitchen will be fed to the school’s flock of chatty brown ducks.
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Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Meanwhile, you’ll be chatty with work colleagues and issues that are related to pets.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
The town of Arden, while overly chatty, has more to offer.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
The great media of the 20th century—the art-pop album, the feature-length film, the gallery show, the literary novel—may be fighting for their life, but that’s because of competition from new forms defined by a sense of immediacy: short-form video, chatty podcasts, video games, memes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Meanwhile, you’ll be chatty with work colleagues and issues that are related to pets.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
The town of Arden, while overly chatty, has more to offer.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
The great media of the 20th century—the art-pop album, the feature-length film, the gallery show, the literary novel—may be fighting for their life, but that’s because of competition from new forms defined by a sense of immediacy: short-form video, chatty podcasts, video games, memes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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Because back nine is close to backside, and backside is just far too colloquial.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Russ Scholl, a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, has published a 133-square grid of funky colloquial phrases for different types of snow.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
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My favorite early fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother John.—
Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
12 May 2025
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Audiences that get hyped up, like Thai audiences, are like talkative people.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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