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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By Kate Chin Park The Mini Crossword: Thursday, June 5, 2025 Sound from a chatty kitty: four letters. Nadav MacHete, New Yorker, 19 June 2025 Stylistically, the book becomes a motley, contaminated thing, a mix of Crews’s many modes—chatty, terse, demotic, detached, priapic, noirish, gnomic. Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 Recipes for everything from ceviche mixto with popcorn (!) to flan to sweet plantains are sure to delight, and the book’s chatty, convivial tone is likely to linger in your mind long after the meal has been consumed and the dreaded dinner dishes are done. Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025 While some breeds are known for being naturally chatty, there is a chance that frequent meowing is a sign of a medical condition. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 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 1 Jul. 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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