Talkative; prating; loquacious; specifically, given to talking much and with much minuteness and repetition of unimportant or trivial details. Age, we know, Is garrulous; and solitude is apt To anticipate the privilege of Age. Wordsworth, Excursion, iii.His [Leigh Hunt's] style … is well suited for light, garrulous, desultory ana. Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration.
SynonymsLoquacious, etc. (see talkative); prattling, babbling.
I remember that during our short visit we found the vicar garrulous, but his lodger strangely reticent, a sad-faced, introspective man, sitting with averted eyes, brooding apparently upon his own affairs.
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His Last Bow
Casso was as silent as Beltane was garrulous, and it was some time before the boys -- who spent long hours hanging around the stove when anything interesting was being done -- discovered that Casso was in fact dumb.
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The Wicked Day
The old hand was garrulous, and after their absence the men would be eaten with curiosity about their visit to the island.
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Ship Of Magic
Friendly and garrulous, Bobby was capable of keeping a confidence-but only if you told him explicitly which confidence to keep.
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Miss Marple herself was gently garrulous -- she was enjoying her stay in Dillmouth so much and -- wasn't it exciting?
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Sleeping Murder