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Definition of Talky
1. Adjective. Full of trivial conversation. "Kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
Similar to: Voluble
Derivative terms: Gab, Garrulity, Garrulousness, Loquaciousness, Loquacity, Talkativeness, Talk
Definition of Talky
1. Adjective. (context: of a person) Talkative or loquacious ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a book etc) Containing a great deal of dialogue or talking in general ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Talky
1. tending to talk a great deal [adj TALKIER, TALKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talky
Literary usage of Talky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Play of Today: Studies in Play-structure for the Student and the Theatre by Elizabeth Roxana Hunt (1913)
"What is a " talky " Play? Before considering structural points, it may be said
that this ... Now nobody was ever known to call that prolonged scene talky. ..."
2. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1902)
"For picturesque descriptions and for " talky-talky," the pages of globe-trotters
and book-makers innumerable. Carving. The earliest specimens of Japanese ..."
3. Our Short Story Writers by Blanche Colton Williams (1920)
"In differentiating between the novel and the story in Hiker Joy he definitely
formulates his theory: " 'A novel is mostly talky-talky and a story's mostly ..."
4. Our Short Story Writers by Blanche Colton Williams (1920)
"In differentiating between the novel and the story in Hiker Joy he definitely
formulates his theory: " 'A novel is mostly talky-talky and a story's mostly ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Abounding in talk; disposed to talk: as, a talki/ man. [Colloq.] It is by no
means what Is vulgarly styled a talky novel. ..."
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