Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Talkative; loquacious.
- adjective Containing or given to too much talk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding in talk; disposed to talk: as, a talky man.
- See
talcky .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a person
Talkative orloquacious - adjective of a book, etc. Containing a great deal of
dialogue ortalking in general
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of trivial conversation
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Examples
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But the play mostly unfolds in short, talky scenes
The Seattle Times 2011
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What else would you call the talky, stream-of-consciousness
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Usually I really like QT and I'm not a fan of cutting any movie by 40 minutes but I had the chance to see the Cannes version too, and the one thing it earned its bad reviews for was the terrible pacing and structure, not for being too "talky".
Is Harvey Weinstein Asking Tarantino To Cut 40 Minutes From Inglourious Basterds? | /Film 2009
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What makes a cartoon "talky" is when the dialogue is used to explain everything that is going on.
The Talkier The Better Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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He's often been criticized for these "talky" set pieces, which are said to "slow down the action."
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Which explains why they have become so "talky" and BORING.
Around the Studios Steve Hulett 2007
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I found his singing a little "talky", and he dropped a few notes here and there.
Archive 2005-08-01 Kat 2005
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This isn't a perfect film, a little too 'talky' for the first twenty minutes, for example - film means we can be shown instead of told, guys! but as is so often the case, Depp has made a very good film great.
Archive 2005-08-01 annawaits 2005
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I found his singing a little "talky", and he dropped a few notes here and there.
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There is a really long 'talky' seen as per the director that has Zak and Ian in this kind of long Shakespearesque dialogue.
I talked to God in a phonebox on my way home Minzo 2005
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