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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Tina, between fifty and sixty, was not the chatty type. 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 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 12 Mar. 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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