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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
Here’s how leaders (and chatty team members) can better manage communication and decision-making.
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
With Mercury slipping into Taurus and your chatty third house of immediate surroundings, everything from your exchanges to your local environment gets a boost of Venusian flair.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 May 2025
Plants that aren’t used in the kitchen will be fed to the school’s flock of chatty brown ducks.
—Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Meanwhile, you’ll be chatty with work colleagues and issues that are related to pets.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
With Mercury slipping into Taurus and your chatty third house of immediate surroundings, everything from your exchanges to your local environment gets a boost of Venusian flair.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 May 2025
Plants that aren’t used in the kitchen will be fed to the school’s flock of chatty brown ducks.
—Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Meanwhile, you’ll be chatty with work colleagues and issues that are related to pets.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope Trollope is a more colloquial writer.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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My favorite early fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother John.—
Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
12 May 2025
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Audiences that get hyped up, like Thai audiences, are like talkative people.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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