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
Which is not to say the series, while talky, gets bogged down in philosophical abstraction.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Written by Ed Solomon, who collaborated with Soderbergh on the twisty neo-noir No Sudden Move as well as the TV series Mosaic and Full Circle, the film is a talky chamber piece that’s virtually a two-hander and could just as easily have been a play.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
An early scene, a party at the home of an up-for-tenure Yale professor played by Julia Roberts, is filled with that kind of thinky-talky dialogue.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead, the film is haunted and strikingly talky, with the young men working together to stay distracted and keep their dignity as they are killed off one by one.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Written by Ed Solomon, who collaborated with Soderbergh on the twisty neo-noir No Sudden Move as well as the TV series Mosaic and Full Circle, the film is a talky chamber piece that’s virtually a two-hander and could just as easily have been a play.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
An early scene, a party at the home of an up-for-tenure Yale professor played by Julia Roberts, is filled with that kind of thinky-talky dialogue.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead, the film is haunted and strikingly talky, with the young men working together to stay distracted and keep their dignity as they are killed off one by one.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talky
Adjective
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Majda said her younger daughter had always been a talkative, playful girl.—
Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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There’s a social, buzzy quality to this transit that thrives on movement and mental stimulation, which is why people may suddenly feel more talkative, distracted or eager to multitask.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Dennis’s new poems are still conversational, philosophical, sometimes preachy, and cranky, and there is a fresh kind of transcendence here, one that has almost forgotten about disappointment.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Prioritize systems that ensure correctness, even if that means sacrificing conversational elegance in high-stakes moments.—
Jerry Haywood,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Talky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talky. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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