Chattery

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Chatter, idle talk. humorous, rare, uncountable

    "His press secretary, Jen Psaki, under a burden greater than that of any press secretary of recent times, is shortly to abandon the post, wandering off to the vastly greater paid and vastly less demanding pastures of cable television chattery."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending or inclined to chatter.

    "Some of the women were sincere. Some were nervous. Some were fake and glib and chattery. Some stumbled. At least one was manic."

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Example

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"Some of the women were sincere. Some were nervous. Some were fake and glib and chattery. Some stumbled. At least one was manic."

Etymology

From chatter + -y.

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