chattier; chattiest
2
: having the style and manner of light familiar conversation
a chatty letter
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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Tina, between fifty and sixty, was not the chatty type.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
So their guidance became chattier and more descriptive, designed for a home cook who was eager to learn—and who could hold recipe developers more immediately accountable, yelling about bland soup or bad bakes in the comments section.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
Gemini: The Fame Gemini is known for being chatty, curious and in constant flux, just like The Fame.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Love planet Venus in your communication zone begins retrograding on March 1, and chatty Mercury hits this same part of your chart two days later.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
So their guidance became chattier and more descriptive, designed for a home cook who was eager to learn—and who could hold recipe developers more immediately accountable, yelling about bland soup or bad bakes in the comments section.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
Gemini: The Fame Gemini is known for being chatty, curious and in constant flux, just like The Fame.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Love planet Venus in your communication zone begins retrograding on March 1, and chatty Mercury hits this same part of your chart two days later.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatty. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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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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