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chatty

[ chat-ee ]

adjective

, chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est.
  1. characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters:

    a long, chatty letter from my sister.

    Synonyms: newsy, talkative, gossipy, voluble, talky

  2. given to such talk:

    a lovable, chatty old man.



chatty

/ ˈtʃætɪ /

adjective

  1. full of trivial conversation; talkative
  2. informal and friendly; gossipy

    a chatty letter

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈchattily, adverb
  • ˈchattiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • chatti·ly adverb
  • chatti·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chatty1

First recorded in 1755–65; chat ( def ) + -y 1
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Example Sentences

In a demo, the OpenAI team showed how to code a simple video game—from blank screen to playable—using naught but a series of chatty prompts.

Campbell, a lean and chatty Canadian who lives in the mountain town of Canmore, Alberta, was a podium athlete in the outdoor world.

It was one of the friendliest, chattiest lineups I’ve ever been in.

Just a few too-chatty contacts can hog all of your attention on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

It’s seen in the spirited song and dance sequences that leap from the doors of a chatty hair salon and spill out into a July-hot alleyway and off the screen.

Chatty, engaging and knowledgeable, cabbies in Hong Kong are also avid listeners of discussion programs on local radio.

In person, Reiner is gregarious and very chatty, regaling you with great anecdotes from his back catalogue.

When the warrior runs into the Stark soldiers, she disposes of them with extreme prejudice, silencing the chatty Jaime.

“I found the help I needed to be healthy,” says Mindi, a wide-eyed woman with a round face and a chatty affect.

Frank, meanwhile, is a man of few words—a foil to the wide-eyed, chatty Jon.

He seemed quite his old self again, chatty and pleasant, and with his old passion for talking "shop."

He was cheerful, chatty and never said a word of love; and this relieved Susan, so that the evening passed pleasantly.

She was chatty and intensely friendly with them all during the brief drive.

He would be more chatty, I dare say, in his way from Woolwich.

It was remarkable that he should be up here holding a chatty, almost gay, conversation with the minister.

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