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chattery

chattery

5.4
Talking a lot in a friendly, lively way
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʃætəri/
  • Informal
translation icon : charlatán
  • At the party, the chattery crowd made it difficult to hear the music over their laughter.

Examples

  • After a long day, she enjoyed the chattery energy of her friends while they shared stories.

  • So, random chatty little update, but it's been another hour.

  • OK, so if you're all feeling chatty, let's Chatty Man roulette.

  • Lunch was fun even just loved chatting with people. So chatty with these Australians ever was. Evan was the one I was chatting.

  • The chattery birds filled the air with their cheerful songs as the sun rose.

Synonyms

chatty
vschattery
  • Informal
36 3.3

Talking a lot in a friendly, informal way

is more about noisy lively talk and energetic sounds than friendliness
talkative
vschattery
33 2.5

A person who likes to speak a lot with other people

expresses energetic noisy talking rather than mere habitual speech
talky
vschattery
  • Informal
6 7.0

Talking a lot about small, unimportant things

highlights lively noisy talking rather than focus on trivial content
burbly
vschattery
9.7

A way of speaking that sounds happy and lively and shows excitement

focuses on frequent noisy talking and cheerfulness rather than mere tone

Antonyms

quiet
∞ 1.0

Not making much noise

reserved
3.7

Not willing to show feelings or talk much

Compounds

chattery kid
  • Informal
4.6

A child who talks a lot and is often noisy

How Chatty

garrulous
  • Formal
3 8.6
loquacious
  • Formal
6 9.9
chattery
  • Informal
5.4
chatty
  • Informal
36 3.3
talkative
33 2.5

Surface Forms

chattery positive
chattier comparative
chattiest superlative

Morphology

chattery = chatter (transparent) = chatter + y

Clearly built from 'chatter' + '-y' to mean 'characterized by chatter' (talkative or lively), a regular adjectival formation.

Etymology

Chattery comes from chatter, the same root as chat, and the ending -y means 'full of'. So a chattery person or group is 'full of' quick, lively talk and noise.