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
There’s a facile critical tendency to liken a wide range of talky and small-scale dramas to the films of Éric Rohmer.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for talky
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
Which is not to say the series, while talky, gets bogged down in philosophical abstraction.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talky
Adjective
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Llorca recalls the technician being talkative and upbeat throughout most of the exam.
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Some cat breeds are particularly chatty, and their talkative nature is perfectly normal.
Adjective
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The program also sets up a conversational system that starts with storyboarding and ends with post, basically handholding a user through the completion of a short (or a five-minute scene in a feature).
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This automatic firmware update will introduce advanced AI capabilities, enabling more natural, conversational interaction with TVs.
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“Talky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talky. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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