chirpier; chirpiest
1
: cheerfully lively
a chirpy manner
2
a
: making chirps
b
: suggestive of chirping
a chirpy voice
chirpily adverb
chirpiness noun

Examples of chirpy in a Sentence

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Armenta is a tall, heavyset man in his forties with a resonant baritone voice; Arias—three years younger, shorter, and thinner—sounds comically chirpy by comparison. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024 This chirpy way of pushing through is signature Bloom. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024 Also Read 125 Musicians Predict the 2024 NFL Season The bubbling unease and chirpy instrumentation sleepily spar with each other. Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024 Despite lines that are initially chatty and chirpy, Corden shows how bumptious his character really is. David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for chirpy 

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of chirpy was in 1837

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“Chirpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chirpy. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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