garrulously

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garrulously - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to
     chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf.
     Call.]
     1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial
        things; talkative; loquacious.
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              The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
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     2. (Zool.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of
        birds; as, the garrulous roller.
  
     Syn: Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious.
  
     Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with
            frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative
            implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious
            a great flow of words at command. A child is
            talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in
            his dotage is garrulous. -- Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv. --
            Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.
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garrulously - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  garrulously
      adv 1: in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she
             continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of
             naughty things'" [syn: loquaciously, garrulously,
             talkatively, talkily]