chatty
/ˈtʃati
/adjective (chattier, chattiest)
1Readily engaging in informal talk: the driver was very chatty...
- ‘None that we can talk about’ opined the chairman, in an informal, chatty way.
- While both are extremely charming and friendly, when Michael looks at you, you feel included, he has a chatty, informal way of talking.
- I'm chatty anyway but I probably get even more voluble.
Synonyms
talkative, communicative, expansive, forthcoming, open, unreserved, gossipy, gossiping, garrulous, loquacious, voluble, verbose, effusive, gushing, glib
informal mouthy, gabby, windy, gassy, talky
British informal able to talk the hind legs off a donkey
rare multiloquent, multiloquous
1.1(Of a conversation, letter, etc.) informal and lively: she wrote a chatty, cheerful letter to her mother...
- In the few days she spent in our house, she and my wife made friends, they wrote chatty letters to one another and exchanged recipes.
- A while back, I got a note from my friend Rebecca in Denver, one of the last people left on Earth who still sits down and writes a chatty letter.
- Voters in Putney have received a chatty letter from Mr Brown all about the budget, without a word on his boss.
Synonyms
conversational, gossipy, informal, casual, colloquial, familiar, friendly;
lively
informal newsy
Derivatives
chattily
/ adverb ...- The letter goes on to chattily talk about kids and work and surfing and fishing and the normalness of everyday life. There's nothing extraordinary about the language or the handwriting - even the paper is normal cream airmail stock.
- She's written the book so earnestly and chattily, so it's good value, but every now and then Jenni is unintentionally hilarious and I just can't take her seriously.
- ‘Someone was saying last night that cicadas breed underground,’ he said, chattily.
chattiness
/ noun ...- Despite the deceptive chattiness of his writing, he sweated over every line, often suffering from paralysing writers' block.
- Key issues include the chattiness of people, how often cheery greetings are used and, on the downside, the extent of violent behaviour.
- Strategies to discourage excessive chattiness must be developed.