volubly

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The American was talking away volubly, and every word of the conversation came plainly to the ears of the two lads.

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  1. In a voluble or fluent manner. “O Gods,” said he, “how volubly doth talk This eating gulf !” Chapman, Odyssey, xviii. 41. Fallacies which, when set down on paper, are at once detected, pass for unanswerable arguments when dexterously and volubly urged in Parliament, at the bar, or in private conversation. Macaulay, History.

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  • Publio assented volubly, and Conan emptied the wine vessel, tossed it carelessly into a corner, and strode to a near-by casement, involuntarily expanding his chest as he breathed deep of the salt air. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • But I'm sorry to hear you did not protest volubly, and possibly violently, against the wine and cheese. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • He welcomed them volubly, assuring them that the establishment kept the best Scotch whisky in stock, and guaranteed that roast beef would be ready in ten minutes This is the Cabaret Noir?" —  The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective
  • She was scolding volubly, and suddenly she shrieked, as though she had been stabbed. —  Romance
  • The men cursed Torode volubly, and regretted that he had not gone with Black Boy And it was none but black looks that greeted him when, after standing a moment, he came on across the Coupée and joined the rest It is a misfortune," he said brusquely, as he came among us It is sheer murder and brutality," said Charles Vaudin roughly Guyabble! —  Carette of Sark
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