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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
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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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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
adjective talkative, informal, effusive, garrulous, gabby (informal), gossipy, newsy (informal) She's quite a chatty person.
quiet, silent, taciturn
quiet, silent, taciturn
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chatty
adjective1. Given to conversation:
Slang: gabby.
2. In the style of conversation:
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Translations
مُؤانِس، وَدودمُحِبٌّ للحَديث
hovornýpřátelskýupovídaný
causerendeuformel
puheliassuulas
beszédescsevegõcsevegőfecsegő
í léttum dúrskrafhreyfinn
chatty
[ˈtʃætɪ] ADJ (chattier (compar) (chattiest (superl))) [person] → hablador; [letter] → afectuoso y lleno de noticias; [style] → informalCollins 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
[person] → bavard(e)chat-up line [ˌtʃætʌpˈlaɪn] n (British)
That's his usual chat-up line → C'est son entrée en matière habituelle pour draguer.
That's his usual chat-up line → C'est son entrée en matière habituelle pour draguer.
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chatty
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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 adjective1. fond of chatting. a chatty old lady.
2. having a friendly style. a chatty letter.
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