From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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