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Recent Examples of voluble from the Web
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Tan, a voluble and fluent English speaker with a deadpan wit, swapped personal histories with Monié and discussed their companies’ strategies.
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Simpson appeared fit, relaxed and voluble, regularly cracking wise to laughter from other attendees.
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The Lakers don't appear concerned by LaVar Ball, the voluble father with aspirations of building a global sports empire around his three talented sons.
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The results are published in a voluble broadsheet with a masthead in Danh Da, a typeface created with Ho Chi Minh City designer Giang Nguyen to attend to the dearth of digital fonts for Vietnamese.
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Even normally voluble types like Gloria Allred, who has represented various men and women allegedly groped, molested, or manhandled by Schwarzenegger, Cosby, or Travolta, goes mum when asked about him.
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Even normally voluble types like Gloria Allred, who has represented various men and women allegedly groped, molested, or manhandled by Schwarzenegger, Cosby, or Travolta, goes mum when asked about him.
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Even normally voluble types like Gloria Allred, who has represented various men and women allegedly groped, molested, or manhandled by Schwarzenegger, Cosby, or Travolta, goes mum when asked about him.
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But his troubled, voluble son, Walker, disappeared right after his dad's death.
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Did You Know?
English has many terms for gabby types, but it's important to choose the right word to get across what kind of chatterbox you mean. Talkative usually implies a readiness to engage in talk or a disposition to enjoy conversation. Loquacious generally suggests the power to express oneself fluently, articulately, or glibly, but it can also mean "talking excessively." Garrulous is even stronger in its suggestion of excessive talkativeness; it is most often used for tedious, rambling talkers. Voluble describes an individual who speaks easily and often.
Origin and Etymology of voluble
Middle English, from Latin volubilis, from volvere to roll; akin to Old English wealwian to roll, Greek eilyein to roll, wrap
Synonym Discussion of voluble
talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble mean given to talk or talking. talkative may imply a readiness to engage in talk or a disposition to enjoy conversation.
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- a talkative neighbor
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- a loquacious spokesperson
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- garrulous traveling companions
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- a voluble raconteur
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