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
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.
—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
But Oppenheimer is a talky period piece, an exploration of a man and his mind, with only a flash-forward warning about doomsday tacked on to the ending.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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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.
—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
But Oppenheimer is a talky period piece, an exploration of a man and his mind, with only a flash-forward warning about doomsday tacked on to the ending.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talky
Adjective
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The moody Moon and wary Chiron trine across your talkative 3rd house and your convivial 11th house, guiding your explanations of complex issues.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2026
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In court, Tillman was upbeat and talkative with his federal public defender, Varell Fuller, prior to making his guilty plea.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Large language models are evolving from answer engines into conversational partners that shape decisions by asking their own questions.—
Frédéric Dalsace,
Harvard Business Review,
2 Mar. 2026
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In his first letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, new CEO Greg Abel didn't try to emulate Warren Buffett's folksy, conversational writing style.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Talky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talky. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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