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chattily
adverb
uk /ˈtʃæt.ə.li/ us /ˈtʃæt̬.ə.li/
in a friendly, informal way when talking or writing:
"I hear you've been talking to our friends," he says, chattily.
William was chattily inquisitive in that sweet way little children have.
The author writes chattily from her own experience and is quite happy to talk about her own mistakes.
"I believe they're going over to the cathedral to see the Bishop," said Julia chattily.
She welcomed us into her messy living room and, as she chattily tidied up, offered to make a drink.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Talkative and eloquent
articulate
articulately
articulateness
eloquence
eloquently
expansive
expansive mood
expressive
fluent
garrulous
gift
gossipy
loquacious
loquaciously
loquacity
lucid
lucidity
silver-tongued
voluble
well turned
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