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voluble

/ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl/ /ˈvɑl.jə.bəl/

Meanings
adjective
(of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey.

Examples :

"My aunt is very voluble; she can talk for hours about anything and everything. "
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Related Words

Illustration something

something noun

/ˈsamθɪŋ/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

Illustration anything

anything noun

/ˈɛ.nə.θɪŋ/ /ˈæ.ni.θɪŋ/ /ˈɛ.ni.θɪŋ/ /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/

Someone or something of importance.

"My daughter's success in school is anything I'm proud of. "

Illustration loquacious

loquacious adjective

/ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/ /loʊˈkweɪʃəs/

Talkative; chatty.

"My neighbor is very loquacious; she talks about her day at work for hours. "

Illustration storyteller

storyteller noun

/ˈstɔːriˌtɛlər/ /ˈstoʊriˌtɛlər/

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience

"My grandmother is a fantastic storyteller; her stories about growing up on the farm always keep us entertained. "

Illustration garrulous

garrulous adjective

/ˈɡæɹ.jʊ.ləs/ /ˈɡæɹ.jə.ləs/

Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

"My grandmother is quite garrulous; she talks nonstop about her day at the senior center. "

Illustration direction

direction noun

/d(a)ɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

"Keep going in the same direction."

Illustration everything

everything pronoun

/ˈɛvɹiθɪŋ/

All the things under discussion.

"I checked the list again and everything is done."

Illustration thoughts

thoughts noun

/θɑts/ /θɔːts/

Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

Illustration excitedly

excitedly adverb

/ɪkˈsaɪtɪdlɪ/ /ekˈsaɪtɪdlɪ/

In an excited manner.

"The children excitedly opened their birthday presents. "

Illustration expressed

expressed verb

/ɛkˈspɹɛst/

To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

"Words cannot express the love I feel for him."

Illustration speaking

speaking adjective

/ˈspiːˌkiŋ/

Used in speaking.

"The speaking portion of the exam made me nervous. "

Illustration undulating

undulating verb

/ˈʌndʒʊleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈʌndjʊleɪtɪŋ/

To cause to move in a wavelike motion.

"The breeze was gently undulating the tall grass in the field. "