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English Dictionary: garrulously by the DICT Development Group
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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'"
    Synonym(s): loquaciously, garrulously, talkatively, talkily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
                     The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) 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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