chattily

1. 1.

   in a chatty manner

   “`when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle'”

   Synonymsvolubly

Questions about chattily

What does chattily mean?

chattily means "in a chatty manner".

How many syllables are in chattily?

chattily has 3 syllables and divides as chat-ti-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chattily?

Close synonyms include volubly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chattily a common word?

chattily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.