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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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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.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
The mood was light, playful, chatty — like that of a victory rally.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2025
Dating’s future, the report concluded, promises to be chattier, and stranger, than ever.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2024
Yeah, the chatty ones, right, reproduce more often.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
The mood was light, playful, chatty — like that of a victory rally.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2025
Dating’s future, the report concluded, promises to be chattier, and stranger, than ever.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2024
Yeah, the chatty ones, right, reproduce more often.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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