gossipy

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My articles are so plaguy dull Not so dull, for religious articles," she assured him Could you treat Jewish matters from a social standpoint--gossipy sort of thing She shook her head.

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  1. Pertaining to or characterized by gossip; hence, chatty; entertaining by a light, pleasing style of conversation or writing. The politicians of the lobby … came dangerously near to gossipy prophecy. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXIX. 1.

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  • That done, she half turned, then paraded before the long mirror, examining the fall of the skirts, the way the silk clung to her figure Imagined what Jack would see, imagined how he would react Lips curving, she was about to send the assistant to summon Celestine when the main door to the salon opened to admit what sounded like a gossipy horde. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
  • The chubby people, he found, are generally convivial, gossipy, interested in comfort. —  Modern Mechanix
  • His nine-book history of the Persian wars is gossipy, discursive, outrageous, frequently inaccurate and always brilliantly entertaining. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • The firehouse gang -- a group that has all the alternately gossipy, secretive and supportive drama of a sorority, or of most fraternities for that matter -- and the intimacy that they are forced into by living together much of the time feels absolutely real.
  • The Gaggle of Four are mean-spirited, gossipy, squawking, honking, skittish barnyard sentinels for the POtuS. —  Latest Articles
 

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