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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
In this slow season at the plant, any out‑of‑the‑ordinary event that disrupted the day‑to‑day monotony was always fodder for factory‑floor gossip among the chatty girls of the parts‑polishing work team.
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Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Sudden confusion or personality change One minute, your mom is lucid and chatty—the same as every other day.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Like Swift’s dates at MetLife in 2023, inclusive, chatty tailgates began hours ahead of showtime; well over half of the attendees wore merch; and most of all, there was an inescapable sense that this was the Concert Event of the Year.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Also, there’s a whole other un-chatty world of the people who have watched and loved these characters for 27 years.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Sudden confusion or personality change One minute, your mom is lucid and chatty—the same as every other day.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Like Swift’s dates at MetLife in 2023, inclusive, chatty tailgates began hours ahead of showtime; well over half of the attendees wore merch; and most of all, there was an inescapable sense that this was the Concert Event of the Year.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Also, there’s a whole other un-chatty world of the people who have watched and loved these characters for 27 years.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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Despite these demands, and despite the colloquial title of elite firefighter, hotshots weren’t officially categorized as firefighters until the summer of 2022.—
River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Bassin and Winter tend to be the most talkative; the drummer is blunt and boisterous, the singer more measured with both his sincerity and sarcasm.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
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That of course was not unusual, but what was unusual was how talkative this man had been.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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