2 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: garrulously adv : in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'" [syn: {loquaciously}, {talkatively}, {talkily}]
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