Garrulous
['gær(j)ʊləs] or ['ɡærələs]
Definition
(a.) Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
(a.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Loquacious, talkative, prattling, babbling.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GARRULITY]
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
adj. talkative.—ns. Garrul′ity Garr′ulousness talkativeness: loquacity.—adv. Garr′ulously.
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Examples
- I was in the bar, and a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In this state of second childhood, it had an air of being in its own way garrulous about its early life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When deeply moved by serious fears or joys she was not garrulous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He may presume, and become troublesomely garrulous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The passengers are not garrulous, but still they are sociable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dinah gave a very garrulous version of it, to which Tom added the particulars which he had drawn from her that morning. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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