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voluble.

Adjective
Literary
MEANING

Speaking readily and at length, with a fluent flow of words.

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  • voluble account
  • voluble speaker

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The voluble traveler supplied a story for every mile of the road.
After a glass of wine, her normally reserved brother became voluble.

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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more voluble; superlative most voluble. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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