: characterized by, full of, or given to gossip
a gossipy letter
gossipy neighbors
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this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history
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This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Duvall, who won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, improvised much of her gossipy dialogue.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
But the debates over the more gossipy anecdotes obscure the larger trends that surface through the book.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Tom Hollander stars as Truman Capote, who manages to scandalize the entire Manhattan social scene by writing a viciously gossipy novel about them.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Duvall, who won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, improvised much of her gossipy dialogue.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
But the debates over the more gossipy anecdotes obscure the larger trends that surface through the book.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Tom Hollander stars as Truman Capote, who manages to scandalize the entire Manhattan social scene by writing a viciously gossipy novel about them.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gossipy
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“Gossipy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gossipy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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