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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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Her younger sister, Chantelle (Michele Austin), a hairdresser, is by contrast chatty and warm, with two vivacious daughters who don’t quite understand why their aunt is so sour.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Karla, a chatty 11-year-old, handles the cash transaction.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Mark Wahlberg plays an unhinged, balding hitman masquerading as a chatty helicopter pilot in a new trailer for Mel Gibson’s upcoming thriller, Flight Risk.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2025
In person, Ballerini is warm, chatty, slightly gossipy — a veteran star who has retained an essential down-to-earth quality but who also knows through experience how to create a sense of emotional intimacy with an interlocutor.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Karla, a chatty 11-year-old, handles the cash transaction.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Mark Wahlberg plays an unhinged, balding hitman masquerading as a chatty helicopter pilot in a new trailer for Mel Gibson’s upcoming thriller, Flight Risk.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2025
In person, Ballerini is warm, chatty, slightly gossipy — a veteran star who has retained an essential down-to-earth quality but who also knows through experience how to create a sense of emotional intimacy with an interlocutor.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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