The Collaborative International Dictionary
Voluble \Vol"u*ble\, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]
Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
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Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
[Cassio,] a knave very voluble.
--Shak.Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. ``A grave and voluble eloquence.''
--Bp. Hacket. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.]
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(Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. [1913 Webster] -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
adv. In a voluble manner.
WordNet
adv. in a chatty manner; "`when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle'" [syn: chattily]
Usage examples of "volubly".
In one corner of the room Blotto, undisturbed by the arrival of his master, was snoring volubly, a thing he did quite well.
The Parapsychic teams were volubly and embarrassingly thanked for preventing a major disaster, and by cocktail time everyone was pleased by the denouement, especially Patsy Tucker and Terry Cle.
And they walked off together, Passepartout chatting volubly as they went along.
Tartars selling shashlik competed volubly with two Chinese touting illegal hooch in tin bottles.
Joseph enumerated the beams, joists, ashlars, and the iron-work, and volubly praised the old domain.
Round the posters mill the conferees, sometimes reading them with interest, more frequently being volubly harangued by the poster-givers who stand like stall-keepers by their boards, and most often using the session as an extension of the conference mixer - a giant cocktail party at which to catch up with old acquaintances.
The auctioneer sees his advantage, and expatiates volubly in mingled French and English, and bids rise in rapid succession.
He was listening, with a good-humored, negligent air, half comic, half contemptuous, to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality of the article for which they were bargaining.
The Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, the Chief Organiser, and several earnest helpful friends were gathered in the inner gateway of the prison, talking volubly to Demosthenes Platterbaff, who stood with folded arms and squarely planted feet, silent in their midst.
On the doorstep all the whores clustered talk volubly, pointing to the right where the fog has cleared off.
When we had finished supper, Marcoline took up her old position by the countess's bed, and they talked so volubly to one another that nobody else could get in a word.
After a too personal, and volubly resented, inspection of Trouble's wings, Judd had determined they were clipped and the cockatiel was probably incapable of flying away.
Rhamanus, a man who appeared to keep his trim physique with some difficulty, had progressed from edginess through guarded appreciation, to increasing pleasure, ending up in a volubly expansive good humor.
With all due respect to the labor leaders, who are not to be blamed for volubly asseverating otherwise, terrorism is a well-defined and eminently successful policy of the labor unions.
The Selenites made way for our elephantine heavings, and seemed to twitter more volubly.