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garrulously

garrulously

8.5
Talking a lot in a way that annoys others
  • adverb
  • /ˈɡɛr.ə.ləs.li/
  • Formal
translation icon : garrulamente
  • She spoke garrulously at the party.

Examples

  • The old man garrulously recounted stories from his youth to anyone who would listen.

  • She spoke garrulously about her day, barely stopping to take a breath.

  • They laughed garrulously during dinner, enjoying each other's company.

  • He garrulously shared stories from his childhood.

  • At the party, she garrulously shared stories about her travels.

  • He spoke garrulously about his favorite movies, leaving little time for others to speak.

  • The children garrulously chatted among themselves, excited about the upcoming holiday.

Synonyms

talkily
vsgarrulously
8.9

To speak a lot and fill silences with words

is even more excessive in speech and persistence
loquaciously
vsgarrulously
  • Formal
9.9

Talking a lot in a friendly, lively way

is about excessive social speech rather than neutral wordiness
talky-talky
vsgarrulously
  • Informal
9.6

Full of long conversations that feel boring

is excessive in general social speech rather than only dialogue focus
talkatively
vsgarrulously
5.8

In a friendly way that shows someone enjoys speaking a lot

is more strongly excessive and implies annoying excess speech
chattily
vsgarrulously
  • Informal
5.7

In a lively, friendly way that shows you like talking

is more excessive in amount and less merely friendly
windily
vsgarrulously
7.5

Using more words than needed makes speech or writing feel long

is social excess rather than simply wordy expression

Antonyms

129 1.2

In a quiet way without making any sound or speaking

How Talkative

garrulously
  • Formal
8.5
loquaciously
  • Formal
9.9
volubly
  • Formal
1 8.7
chattily
  • Informal
5.7

Surface Forms

garrulously positive
garrulouslyer comparative
garrulouslyest superlative

Morphology

garrulously = garrulous (transparent) = garrulous + ous + ly

The suffix '-ly' is a standard transformation to form adverbs from adjectives, maintaining the meaning of 'in a manner of'.

Etymology

Garrulously comes from the Latin garrire, which means 'to chatter'. So to speak garrulously is to talk a lot in a chatty, 'too much' way.