chatty

adjective

chat·​ty ˈcha-tē How to pronounce chatty (audio)
chattier; chattiest
1
: fond of chatting : talkative
a chatty neighbor
2
: having the style and manner of light familiar conversation
a chatty letter
chattily adverb
chattiness noun

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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Yeah, the chatty ones, right, reproduce more often. Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024 Service is bubbly and peppy, like the K-pop tunes filtering from the restaurant's speakers, swirling around tables of chatty diners passing baskets of steamed dumplings, dishes of kimchi and small bowls brimming with purple sticky rice. Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024 On the set, Selena is a living oxymoron, a daily contradiction: strong, fragile, determined, indeterminate, present, absent, sick, healthy as can be, chatty, quiet, etc. Jacques Audiard, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2024 Ronan gives what may be the performance of her career as the self-destructive Rona, a former biology student whose passion for the natural world announces itself in an incongruously chatty voice-over. Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chatty 

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of chatty was in 1756

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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatty. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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chatty

adjective
chat·​ty ˈchat-ē How to pronounce chatty (audio)
chattier; chattiest
1
: fond of chatting
a chatty neighbor
2
: having the style of a chat
a chatty letter
chattily adverb
chattiness noun

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