as in talkative
fond of talking or conversation
a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation
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Recent Examples of talky
Who knew the impending apocalypse could be so talky?
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
The script does show its age in spurts, action dragging here and there in its very talky style that is signature Christie.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
All three are extremely talky, but Haugerud has a knack for making rivers of dialogue fluid, dynamic and cinematic.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Severance is a show that is often driven by dialogue, and this dinner scene is quite talky, relying on Burt and a tipsy Fields to reveal a lot of information in a short period of time.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
The script does show its age in spurts, action dragging here and there in its very talky style that is signature Christie.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
All three are extremely talky, but Haugerud has a knack for making rivers of dialogue fluid, dynamic and cinematic.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Severance is a show that is often driven by dialogue, and this dinner scene is quite talky, relying on Burt and a tipsy Fields to reveal a lot of information in a short period of time.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talky
Adjective
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Harjo understands better than all but a few of his star’s previous collaborators how to weaponize Hawke’s gift for playing talkative dirtbags who are equal parts insufferable and charming.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 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
Adjective
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Predicting which persona vectors are likely to become engaged and anticipating what impact the persona vector will have on a conversational chat.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Peters, chief innovation officer at Experian, said the company already has conversational agents that recommend actions and now carry them out—for example, walking a customer through the steps to boost a credit score.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Talky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talky. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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