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chat·ty  (cht)
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.

chatti·ly adv.
chatti·ness n.

chatty
Adjective
[-tier, -tiest]
1. (of a person) fond of friendly, informal conversation; talkative
2. (of a letter) informal and friendly; gossipy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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

chatty
adjective talkative, informal, effusive, garrulous, gabby (informal) gossipy, newsy (informal) << OPPOSITE quiet
Translations
chatty [ˈtʃætɪ] adj [style] → informal; [person] → hablador(a)
chatty [ˈtʃætɪ] adj [style] → familier/ière; [person] → enclin(e) à bavarder or au papotage
chatty [ˈtʃætɪ] chat adjgeschwätzig;
(letter) → im Plauderton
chatty [ˈtʃætɪ] adj [style] → familiare; [person] → chiacchierino/a


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On the contrary, he sat rather mute and receptive before her chatty eagerness to make him feel at home and in face of Gaston's frank and wordy hospitality.
That is to say, she was CHATTY; and to be chatty is no slight recommendation at sea.
So Adam got on his horse again and rode to the town, putting up at the old inn and taking a hasty dinner there in the company of the too chatty landlord, from whose friendly questions and reminiscences he was glad to escape as soon as possible and set out towards Sloman's End.
 
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