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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The great media of the 20th century—the art-pop album, the feature-length film, the gallery show, the literary novel—may be fighting for their life, but that’s because of competition from new forms defined by a sense of immediacy: short-form video, chatty podcasts, video games, memes.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
In October, 1925, the magazine’s founding editor, Harold Ross, put a recent Vassar graduate named Lois Long in charge of a chatty shopping column called Fifth Avenue.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
The first-year head coach of the University of North Carolina football team comes across as chatty and relaxed, just as any first-year college football coach would be if invited to sit down for some pleasant offseason national television exposure.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In Canada, an annual live stream captures the summer migration of tens of thousands of chatty beluga whales.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
In October, 1925, the magazine’s founding editor, Harold Ross, put a recent Vassar graduate named Lois Long in charge of a chatty shopping column called Fifth Avenue.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
The first-year head coach of the University of North Carolina football team comes across as chatty and relaxed, just as any first-year college football coach would be if invited to sit down for some pleasant offseason national television exposure.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In Canada, an annual live stream captures the summer migration of tens of thousands of chatty beluga whales.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chatty
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“Chatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatty. Accessed 11 May. 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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