CHATTERY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

chattery

adjective

as in colloquial

having the style and content of everyday conversation writes a chattery advice column for the local paper

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Silent sleep apnea is a colloquial term for the form of the condition that occurs without the loud, disruptive snoring most people associate with it.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Wilson’s translation has come under fire for her decision to render Homeric Greek into a direct, colloquial English.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026

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Many people would be deliciously tired after such wholesome exertion and not want to spend their evenings raking over the past with a chatty English journalist.

— Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
At the outset of this chatty novel, the protagonist, Caroline, who was recently ghosted by a thoughtless man, has had a story published in this magazine.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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