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# chatty

«chatty» in Mova's school dictionary: **A chatty person likes to talk a lot in a friendly way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (chatty, chattier, chattiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A chatty person likes to talk a lot in a friendly way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#m1)

2) A chatty letter, email or message is friendly and informal and full of small news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school reports "a bit too chatty in class" means the pupil talks when they should be working. In stories a chatty character fills the silence and often lets out secrets. Phrases: chatty mood, a chatty letter.

### examples

- My little sister is very chatty in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#x1)
- The teacher said I was too chatty in lessons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#x2)
- Grandma sent me a chatty letter about her garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#x3)
- The hairdresser was chatty and asked about my holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#x4)
- He's not very chatty; he's shy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#x5)
- We were in a chatty mood after the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/#x6)

### note

Comparison: chattier, chattiest (y changes to i). From the verb chat (chatted, chatting). Informal word; it is usually kind, but "too chatty" is a complaint.

### In the corpora

- [Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/12/)
- [Budgies are very chatty birds that chatter and whistle a lot, and some pet budgies have learnt to say hundreds of words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/205-budgies-and-canaries/5/)
- [A diary is personal and chatty: «Dear Diary, today was the WORST.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/12/)
- [Register means choosing words to suit your audience: formal language for governors, chattier words for friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/12/)
- [Writers change their register for their reader: chatty for a friend, formal for a head teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chatty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.