chatty

American  

[chat-ee] / ˈtʃæt i /

adjective

chattier, chattiest

1. characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters.

   a long, chatty letter from my sister.

   Synonyms:

   newsy, talkative, gossipy, voluble, talky

2. given to such talk.

   a lovable, chatty old man.

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chatty British  

/ ˈtʃætɪ /

adjective

1. full of trivial conversation; talkative

2. informal and friendly; gossipy

   a chatty letter

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Other Word Forms

• chattily adverb
• chattiness noun

Etymology

Origin of chatty

First recorded in 1755–65; chat ( def. ) + -y ¹

Example Sentences

More than five million words survive from his pen, including the “Confessions,” a slippery and carefully constructed autobiography covering his life into his mid-30s; numerous letters; and chatty, confessional sermons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Norris is relaxed, good humoured and chatty as he reviews his journey.

From BBC

And she described my maternal grandmother as “chatty.”

From Los Angeles Times

In chatty yet carefully measured tunes with nearly as many hooks as words, McRae illuminates the accumulated humiliations and misunderstandings against which every couple flails.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet when she spoke, her tone was chatty, as if it were some other kindhearted housekeeper who had just been overcome with tears for the twelfth time that day.

From Literature

Related Words

• communicative
• conversational
• friendly
• garrulous
• informal
• intimate
• loquacious