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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
The town of Arden, while overly chatty, has more to offer.
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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
In October, 1925, the magazine’s founding editor, Harold Ross, put a recent Vassar graduate named Lois Long in charge of a chatty shopping column called Fifth Avenue.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
The first-year head coach of the University of North Carolina football team comes across as chatty and relaxed, just as any first-year college football coach would be if invited to sit down for some pleasant offseason national television exposure.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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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
In October, 1925, the magazine’s founding editor, Harold Ross, put a recent Vassar graduate named Lois Long in charge of a chatty shopping column called Fifth Avenue.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
The first-year head coach of the University of North Carolina football team comes across as chatty and relaxed, just as any first-year college football coach would be if invited to sit down for some pleasant offseason national television exposure.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 29 Apr. 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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Audiences that get hyped up, like Thai audiences, are like talkative people.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
4 Apr. 2025
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Building strong relationships—without being the loudest in the room Introverts are rarely the most talkative people in meetings or social settings.—
Lorraine K. Lee, Contributor,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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