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chatty

chat·ty

 (chăt′ē)

adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est

1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative.

2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter.

chat′ti·ly adv.

chat′ti·ness n.

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chatty

(ˈtʃætɪ)

adj, -tier or -tiest

1. full of trivial conversation; talkative

2. informal and friendly; gossipy: a chatty letter.

ˈchattily adv

ˈchattiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chat•ty

(ˈtʃæt i)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.

1. characterized by a friendly, informal conversational style: a long, chatty letter.

2. given to chatting.

[1755–65]

chat′ti•ly, adv.

chat′ti•ness, n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.1.chatty - full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"

2.chatty - prone to friendly informal communication

communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

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chatty

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

chatty

adjective

1. Given to conversation:

2. In the style of conversation:

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Translations

مُؤانِس، وَدودمُحِبٌّ للحَديث

hovornýpřátelskýupovídaný

causerendeuformel

puheliassuulas

beszédescsevegõcsevegőfecsegő

í léttum dúrskrafhreyfinn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chatty

[ˈtʃæti] adj

[style] → familier/ière

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chatty

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chatty

[ˈtʃætɪ] adj (person) → ciarliero/a; (style) → familiare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chat

(tʃӕt) – past tense past participle ˈchatted – verb

to talk in a friendly and informal way. They chatted about the weather.

noun

(a) friendly and informal talk. a chat over coffee; women's chat.

ˈchatty adjective

1. fond of chatting. a chatty old lady.

2. having a friendly style. a chatty letter.

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