volubility

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vol·u·ble (v

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adj.

1. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.

a. Turning easily on an axis; rotating.

b. Botany Twining or twisting: a voluble vine.

[Middle English, moving easily, from Old French, from Latin volbilis, revolving, fluent, from volvere, to roll; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

volu·bili·ty, volu·ble·ness n.

volu·bly adv.

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Noun

volubility - the quality of being facile in speech and writing

articulateness, fluency

communicativeness - the trait of being communicative

Translations

volubility [ˌvɒljʊˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → locuacidad f

volubility

n → Redseligkeit f

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