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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
Just like people, some cats are more chatty than others.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Sweeney has already caught one cat – chatty, grey and fluffy, with bright green eyes – who meows from a nearby carrier.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 12 July 2025
These cells were a bit too chatty in brains with depression, but oddly quiet in PTSD, hinting at a key difference between the two conditions despite their many genetic overlaps.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Roman is my kind of Virgil—chatty, funny, forgiving, sharp.
—Marina Harss, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Sweeney has already caught one cat – chatty, grey and fluffy, with bright green eyes – who meows from a nearby carrier.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 12 July 2025
These cells were a bit too chatty in brains with depression, but oddly quiet in PTSD, hinting at a key difference between the two conditions despite their many genetic overlaps.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Roman is my kind of Virgil—chatty, funny, forgiving, sharp.
—Marina Harss, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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But the colloquial use of the term has prompted criticism from some.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
20 July 2025
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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 way the car flows down twisty roads is simply serene due to its talkative and responsive electrohydraulic steering, wonderful chassis communication, minimal body roll, and excellent grip.—
Peter Nelson,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Since October, Jackson spoke 50% more words on the bench than Sotomayor who was the next talkative, according to statistics compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake S. Truscott for the Empirical SCOTUS blog.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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