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talk·y

 (tô′kē)
adj. talk·i·er, talk·i·est
1. Talkative; loquacious.
2. Containing or given to too much talk: a talky, boring play.

talk′i·ness n.
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talky

(ˈtɔːkɪ)
adj, talkier or talkiest
containing too much dialogue or inconsequential talk: a talky novel.
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talk•y

(ˈtɔ ki)

adj. talk•i•er, talk•i•est.
1. having superfluous talk: a talky play.
[1835–45]
talk′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.talky - full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"
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talky

adjective
Given to conversation:
Slang: gabby.
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It was true the will had really been revived, as was now discovered, but Tom could not have been aware of it, or he would have spoken of it, in his native talky, unsecretive way.
The sources said that talky between two sides are expected to complete tomorrow.
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I've been to some musicals where people think they can shout things out during the talky bits.
What follows are way too many scenes of people running down corridors, an overly talky plot and an ending that even a supercomputer couldn't decipher.
He's a talky young guy in a loose-fitting, green T-shirt, with dreamy eyes and a quasi'-70s bowl cut, who climbs into a taxi cab and starts waxing poetic to the driver (who greets his words with stone-cold indifference) about how, if he had decided to walk or hitch a ride instead, he might have been inside a different reality.
Although if he's going to quote from any communist then I'd like to suggest this quote from communist revolutionary Che Guevara: "Those who do not dream will never see their dreams come true." For John McDonnell this quote also has the benefit of being the only communist quote which also features as a lyric in the song Talky Talky Happy Talk Talk.
Kristin Ohrn Dyrud's intelligent score makes adds greatly to the claustrophobic atmosphere but the cast of unknowns including Hugo Armstrong, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Lauren Maher, Alex Manugian, Lorene Scafari and Maury Sterling are too talky and shouty for comfort.
But this is no Death In Paradise, but a rather talky, damp-squib conspiracy that's distinctly lacking in thrills.
But, if you're in the mood for a talky independent that doesn't look as if it's been made a by a wannabe Woody Allen, Drinking Buddies might just leave you feeling that your glass is more than half full.
The middle one of these three scenes is terrible verging on embarrassing, and proof that casting is everything: Hawke and Delpy make fluid, conversational acting look easy (Midnight, like its predecessors, is extremely talky) but not everyone can do it.