chat·ty

[chat-ee]
adjective, chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est.
1.
characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters: a long, chatty letter from my sister.
2.
given to such talk: a lovable, chatty old man.

Origin:
1755–65; chat1 + -y1

chat·ti·ly, adverb
chat·ti·ness, noun


1. talky, voluble, gossipy, talkative, newsy.
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chatty (ˈtʃætɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , -tier, -tiest
1.  full of trivial conversation; talkative
2.  informal and friendly; gossipy: a chatty letter
 
'chattily
 
adv
 
'chattiness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

chatty
"fond of chatting," c.1762, from chat.
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Example sentences
In fact, he's chatty and thoughtful, with the dulcet speaking voice and gentle
  mien of a divinity student.
The diners in the private room next to ours, chatty all evening, grew quiet.
It's more chatty than it is a formal memo of what happened on the trip, but
  people know.
Even so, he was uncharacteristically chatty as he entered a conference room.
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