volubly

With excessive words

Volubly means in a manner marked by a rapid, continuous flow of speech.

Someone who speaks volubly talks freely and at length, often with ease and fluency: She volubly defended her position for twenty minutes straight.

The word suggests talkativeness that may overwhelm listeners.

chatty

talkative

Inclined to speak much

conversational · sociable · nattering · yakking · chattering · prattling · jabbering · babbling · blathering · yammering

garrulous

loquacious

Inclined to talk much

rambling · wordy · effusive · circumlocutory · digressive · meandering · discursive · tangential · overwrought · redundant

animated

enthusiastically

With eager excitement

spiritedly · energetically · ebulliently · exuberantly · fervently · ardently · animatedly · emphatically · vigorously · expressively

eloquent

fluently

With seamless verbal ease

smoothly · glibly · silver-tongued · well-spoken · mellifluously · fluidly · effortlessly · coherently · lucidly · gracefully

Opposites
quantity of speech

volublytersely

In few words

briefly · laconically · concisely · curtly · succinctly

willingness to speak

volublysilently

Without audible noise

taciturnly · quietly · mutely · reticently · reservedly

Family

voluble, volubility

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G