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 →

2) A chatty letter, email or message is friendly and informal and full of small news. tree →

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 →
• The teacher said I was too chatty in lessons. tree →
• Grandma sent me a chatty letter about her garden. tree →
• The hairdresser was chatty and asked about my holiday. tree →
• He's not very chatty; he's shy. tree →
• We were in a chatty mood after the party. tree →

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.
• Budgies are very chatty birds that chatter and whistle a lot, and some pet budgies have learnt to say hundreds of words.
• A diary is personal and chatty: «Dear Diary, today was the WORST.
• Register means choosing words to suit your audience: formal language for governors, chattier words for friends.
• Writers change their register for their reader: chatty for a friend, formal for a head teacher.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chatty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.