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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At the taping of the milestone episode at her Rockefeller Center studio (which the show moved to from Los Angeles in 2023), Clarkson was her usual chatty self and admittedly over-caffeinated — which would have given any court stenographer a run for their money. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025 Created via motion-capture performances, puppets and voice acting, these haphazard CGI troll wannabes seem supremely out of place in a movie full of humans and one chatty mirror. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 This is a chatty, class-conscious relationship drama about the challenges of intimacy and the dangers of distance, and its characters are overpowered by the sheer resourcefulness with which Soderbergh brings them to life. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 Andrew Cuomo is dreaming of Gracie Mansion from a 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath at the Oriana, according to his voter registration and a few chatty neighbors. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025 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 8 Apr. 2025.

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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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