volubility C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas Freq #304062 Meanings 1 noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing The student's volubility helped them reach the top of the class. 2 noun the state of being voluble His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa. I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly. Etymology From Latin volūbilitās. By surface analysis, voluble + -ity. Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # volubility **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **Frequency rank:** 304062 ## Meanings 1. the quality of being facile in speech and writing 2. the state of being voluble ## Examples - The student's volubility helped them reach the top of the class. - His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa. I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly. ## Etymology From Latin volūbilitās. By surface analysis, voluble + -ity. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown