VOLUBLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does volubly mean? 

• VOLUBLY (adverb)
  The adverb VOLUBLY has 1 sense:

1. in a chatty manner

  Familiarity information: VOLUBLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLUBLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a chatty manner

Synonyms:

chattily; volubly

Context example:

'when I was a girl,' she said chattily, 'I used to ride a bicycle'

Pertainym:

voluble (marked by a ready flow of speech)

 Context examples 

So situated, she was powerless to check Jo, who seemed possessed by a spirit of mischief, and talked away as volubly as the lady.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

His desire to kill strengthened with the days, and he cherished hungry ambitions for the squirrel that chattered so volubly and always informed all wild creatures that the wolf-cub was approaching.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Dick had his Bible out and was praying volubly.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Mr. Micawber continued talking as volubly as he could; but not, I thought, without showing, by some marks of concern in his countenance, that he was sensible of sounds in the next room, as of Mrs. Micawber washing her hands, and hurriedly opening and shutting drawers that were uneasy in their action.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was in a way akin to that common habit of men and women troubled by real or fancied grievances, who periodically and volubly break their long-suffering silence and have their say till the last word is said.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)