volublyadv.
/ˈvɒljᵿbli/, U.S. /ˈvɑljəbli/ In a voluble manner; fluently, glibly.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adverb]
roundly1546
babblingly1561
babblishly1574
talkatively1589
full-moutha1605
fluently1613
volubly?1615
gliba1623
glibly1669
gash1721
gashlya1774
rattlingly1824
loquaciously1854
garrulously1859
chatteringly1864
communicatively1868
chattily1892
talkingly1895
gushily1921
yappingly1924
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xviii. 41 O Gods (saide he) how volubly doth talke This eating gulfe.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 9 This he as volubly would vent, As if his stock would ne'er be spent.
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue conc. Educ. in Tracts (1727) 339 A..Secretary of State, who..spoke French as volubly and as exactly as he needed to do, without ever having been in France.
1765 S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare VIII. Othello. 362 One that discourses fearlessly and volubly.
1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. i. 22 She talked volubly of what she was about, as if it were the sole subject of her thoughts.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 216 He was listening..to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality of the article for which they were bargaining.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) i. 3 Every body can speak volubly upon controversial subjects.
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