talkier; talkiest
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: containing too much talk
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She was in a talky mood.
a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation
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This series is gloriously talky, and that’s because The Old Man is ultimately less interested in what Chase, Hamzad, and Harper are up to than why, and the series’ allowance for layers of characterization and motivation keep it from becoming another predictable espionage show.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Even by French standards, this is an incredibly talky movie.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
The result is a talky biopic with the intensity of an action movie, a series of meetings in offices and bunkers that somehow drives the planet to the brink of apocalypse.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 July 2023
But Ritch maintains enough tension via filmmaking craft, and his cast via intensity of psychological dynamics, that this very talky, nearly action-free drama never grows ponderous.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Even by French standards, this is an incredibly talky movie.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
The result is a talky biopic with the intensity of an action movie, a series of meetings in offices and bunkers that somehow drives the planet to the brink of apocalypse.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 July 2023
But Ritch maintains enough tension via filmmaking craft, and his cast via intensity of psychological dynamics, that this very talky, nearly action-free drama never grows ponderous.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
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“Talky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talky. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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