Volubly

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Volubly
06,Feb,2025

Volubly

Use the adverb volubly to describe the way a chatterbox talks. You could talk about your uncle Bill's habit of speaking so volubly that no one else can get a word in.

Definitions of volubly

If you know someone who talks incessantly, you can say that she chatters volubly. A whole roomful of preschoolers sometimes talks volubly, and a talk show host might be hired because of her ability to speak volubly on a wide variety of subjects. The Latin root word is volubilis, ‘that turns around, rolling, flowing, or fluent,’ which in turn comes from volvere, ‘to turn around or roll.’

Question

volubly has the same or almost the same meaning as:

A. deviously

B. interminably

C. persuasively

D. garrulously

Right Answer:- D. garrulously

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