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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
Spending time with him feels like being seated next to your friend’s chatty husband at a dinner party.
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Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Your 7th House of Bonding opens as the Moon trines Uranus in your chatty 3rd house, inviting talks that clear confusion in close relationships.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
The rest weren’t quite so chatty.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Per her description, Posy is the kinder of the sisters, and overly chatty — often putting her foot in her mouth and oversharing.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Your 7th House of Bonding opens as the Moon trines Uranus in your chatty 3rd house, inviting talks that clear confusion in close relationships.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
The rest weren’t quite so chatty.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Per her description, Posy is the kinder of the sisters, and overly chatty — often putting her foot in her mouth and oversharing.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatty
Adjective
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Dunleavy was more talkative about the Warriors’ flexibility in both the present and offseason, when Porzingis’ contract expires and the Warriors still possess all of their draft picks.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Loud, funny and talkative, The Big Bopper merged radio and rock stardom and became a larger-than-life entity with a true theatrical presence.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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