gossiply adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •Characteristic of or befitting a gossip; gossiplikeHe was finding it a diverting task to make plain the "gossiply" report and to prevent the one — who, in his desperate effort to grasp the meaning of it all, was searching him — […] — 1914 adverb1 •In a manner befitting a gossip, or in a gossipy manner formsmore gossiply · most gossiply