loquacity
IPA: ɫˈoʊkwˈæsʌti
noun
- Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
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Examples of "loquacity" in Sentences
- He was greatly upset by her loquacity.
- There was a loquacity about her own thoughts.
- The people are frank to the point of loquacity.
- The loquacity of age, eheu, is getting the best of me.
- I would prefer to save my loquacity for actual articles.
- In a word, his loquacity was equal to that of the mothers.
- Her loquacity was a standing joke between them, and he answered:
- He describes his sufferings from the loquacity of an impertinent fellow.
- The twins found it hard to repress the natural loquacity of their extreme youth.
- They are usually characterized by a vivacious loquacity which is the seal of their nationality.
- Some studies identify general traits, such as loquacity, use of reason to influence, dominance, see.
- He can make any movie go way beyond a reasonable length because the characters are helpless with loquacity.
- Her loquacity was a never-ending joke to Madeleine Lowder and her husband, who were exulting in a couple of deft, silent, expensive
- It was the now curiously taciturn prime minister who, in campaign mode, more than a year ago, was not short on loquacity and rejoinders.
- I don't know whether that's because loquacity isn't in a peanut's personality, or that his handlers were afraid he might say something unscripted—for example, dissing Oscar Mayer and his wiener-shaped wheels.
- STRANGER: I should say that the habit which leads a man to neglect his own affairs for the pleasure of conversation, of which the style is far from being agreeable to the majority of his hearers, may be fairly termed loquacity: such is my opinion.
- Equally, the fine acting of his co-stars, Ruth Wilson in the title role, and David Hayman as her father, a Swedish sailor straight from central casting, makes the old-fashioned slang and loquacity of the dialogue much more sympathetic than it appears on the page.
- It's easy to imagine that the 12-year-old heroine of "The Mighty Miss Malone" (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House, 320 pages, $15.99) might become irate were people to dwell on her race; for surely (she'd say) what matters is her loquacity, intellect and "all-encompassing and pervasive humility."
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