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Definition of garrulity in English: garrulitynoun ɡaˈruːlɪtiɡəˈrulədi mass nounExcessive talkativeness, especially on trivial matters. the character's comic garrulity Example sentencesExamples - His friends know that he could have been a successful gossip columnist, had he chosen to turn his gregarious garrulity in that direction; he'll talk your ear off if you let him.
- The only occasion when our terseness transforms into garrulity is when we watch and discuss cricket.
- He could have replied ‘no‘or ‘yes‘, but his natural garrulity drew him into a longer answer that initially seemed to contradict his earlier arguments.’
- He explained that he was in fact on indefinite exile from the Parish for committing the unforgivable and irredeemable sins of garrulity, irreverent laughter, vile thoughts and oversleeping.
- Swift employs what is fundamentally a trope of garrulity: a single voice is allowed to soliloquize at length.
Synonyms talkativeness, garrulousness, loquacity, loquaciousness, volubility, verbosity, verboseness, long-windedness, wordiness, chattiness, effusiveness, profuseness, communicativeness, expansiveness informal mouthiness, gabbiness, windiness, gassiness, yakking, big mouth, gift of the gab British informal wittering rare logorrhoea, multiloquence
Definition of garrulity in US English: garrulitynounɡəˈrulədiɡəˈro͞olədē Excessive talkativeness, especially on trivial matters. the character's comic garrulity Example sentencesExamples - He could have replied ‘no‘or ‘yes‘, but his natural garrulity drew him into a longer answer that initially seemed to contradict his earlier arguments.’
- His friends know that he could have been a successful gossip columnist, had he chosen to turn his gregarious garrulity in that direction; he'll talk your ear off if you let him.
- He explained that he was in fact on indefinite exile from the Parish for committing the unforgivable and irredeemable sins of garrulity, irreverent laughter, vile thoughts and oversleeping.
- Swift employs what is fundamentally a trope of garrulity: a single voice is allowed to soliloquize at length.
- The only occasion when our terseness transforms into garrulity is when we watch and discuss cricket.
Synonyms talkativeness, garrulousness, loquacity, loquaciousness, volubility, verbosity, verboseness, long-windedness, wordiness, chattiness, effusiveness, profuseness, communicativeness, expansiveness
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