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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 [ˈvɒljʊbəl]
adj
1. talking easily, readily, and at length; fluent
2. Archaic easily turning or rotating, as on an axis
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Rare (of a plant) twining or twisting
[from Latin volūbilis turning readily, fluent, from volvere to turn]
volubility , volubleness n
volubly  adv

voluble - "Flowing with speech, talkative"; such a person has words "rolling" off his or her tongue.
See also related terms for rolling.
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 Bert is a voluble, gregarious man.
reticent, taciturn, unforthcoming, hesitant, terse, succinct, inarticulate, tongue-tied
Translations
voluble [ˈvɒljʊbl] ADJ [person] → locuaz; [speech] → prolijo
voluble [ˈvɒljʊbəl] adjvolubile
voluble
adj speakerredegewandt, redselig (pej); protestwortreich
voluble [ˈvɒljʊbl] adjloquace


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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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