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# voluble

adjective (voluble)

«voluble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Talking a lot, quickly and easily, often with feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#m1)
2. Of speech: long, fast and full of words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal describing word for talkers. Toad in The Wind in the Willows is voluble — he never stops talking about himself. In Alice in Wonderland the Duchess and the Mock Turtle can be voluble. It tells the reader someone talks a great deal.

### Examples

- Toad was voluble about his new motor car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#x1)
- My voluble aunt told us every detail of her holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#x2)
- The voluble guide never stopped talking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#x3)
- She became voluble when she was excited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#x4)
- He gave a voluble explanation that no one could follow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#x5)
- The parrot was voluble all morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/#x6)

### Note

Adjective, formal; adverb «volubly». Say VOL-yoo-bul. Similar: talkative, chatty. Not related to «volume» in meaning, though the root is shared (rolling).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «voluble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«voluble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/voluble.html) on Mova free.