adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a voluble manner; fluently, glibly.
1615. Chapman, Odyss., XVIII. 41. O Gods (saide he) how volubly doth talke This eating gulfe.
1663. Butler, Hud., I. i. 105. This he as volubly would vent As if his stock would ne’er be spent.
1671. Clarendon, Dial., Tracts (1727), 339. A Secretary of State who … spoke French as volubly and as exactly as he needed to do, without ever having been in France.
1765. Johnson, in Shaks. Wks. (1778), X. 489, note. One that discourses fearlessly and volubly.
1796. Mme. D’Arblay, Camilla, III. i. She talked volubly of what she was about, as if it were the sole subject of her thoughts.
1852. Mrs. Stowe, Uncle Tom’s C., xiv. He was listening to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality of the article for which they were bargaining.
1862. Goulburn, Pers. Relig., I. (1873), 3. Every body can speak volubly upon controversial subjects.
