chattier; chattiest
2
: having the style and manner of light familiar conversation
a chatty letter
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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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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
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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
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatty. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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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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