chattier; chattiest
2
: having the style and manner of light familiar conversation
a chatty letter
Examples of chatty in a Sentence
a chatty book about his life in politics
a time when campers were expected to write a chatty letter to their folks every week
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Mary, who’d been chatty and energetic just months earlier, was too far gone to speak.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
We’re treated to an endless montage of Eddie annoying his customers by being too chatty and being denied tips.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
At the same time, Everybody’s Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder’s The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson’s The Tonight Show for eight years.
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The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Mary, who’d been chatty and energetic just months earlier, was too far gone to speak.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
We’re treated to an endless montage of Eddie annoying his customers by being too chatty and being denied tips.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
At the same time, Everybody’s Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder’s The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson’s The Tonight Show for eight years.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatty. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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chatty
adjective
chat·ty
ˈchat-ē 
chattier; chattiest
1
: fond of chatting
a chatty neighbor
2
: having the style of a chat
a chatty letter
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