Speechful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Speechful is an adjective meaning voluble; loquacious.
Meaning
voluble; loquacious.
More Meanings
- The entire contents of a speech.
Example Sentences
O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent […]
He was never speechful, and grew more word-shy with years.
The Kalevala was only once given a whole speechful of attention ( 1 886), while the memorial status of the home and municipality of Elias Lonnrot was presented twice (1883 & 1885).
Or again, the Queen delivers a speechful of Gilbert's Fun-liners: "You never put gas pipes between your lips, / Or go to sea in secretary-ships. /. . ./ Or hang a picture in a frame of mind."
Word Forms
- speechfuls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include loquacious, talky, polyloquent, tonguey, inaniloquent, loquatious.
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