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voluble

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vol·u·ble  (vly-bl)
adj.
1. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.
2.
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.

voluble
Adjective
talking easily and at length [Latin volubilis turning readily]
volubility n
volubly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"
communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray
prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"
taciturn - habitually reserved and uncommunicative

voluble
adjective talkative, garrulous, loquacious, forthcoming, articulate, fluent, glib, blessed with the gift of the gab << OPPOSITE reticent
Translations

voluble [ˈvɔljubl] adjlocuaz, hablador(a)
voluble [ˈvɔljubl] adjvolubile
voluble [ˈvɔljubl] adj (person) → redselig;
(speech) → wortreich
voluble [ˈvɔljubl] adjloquace, ciarliero/a


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Stroeve, with voluble tongue, explained how he and I had met, and by what an accident we discovered that we both knew Strickland.
She always besieged the bench with voluble excuses, explanations, apologies and prayers.
There the voluble mouth and bright penetrating eye are ever directed towards the Master of the household; and light itself is not more persistent than the stream of feminine discourse.
 
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