Antonyms for loquaciousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : loh-kwey-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : loʊˈkweɪ ʃəs

Definition of loquaciousness

Origin : 1660s, back-formation from loquacity or else formed from stem of Latin loquax (genitive loquacis) "talkative," from loqui "to speak" (see locution) + -ous. Related: Loquaciously; loquaciousness.

As in verbosity : noun wordiness
As in garrulity : noun loquacity
As in wordiness : noun verbosity
As in wordiness : noun excessive in language
As in pleonasm : noun wordiness
As in prolixity : noun wordiness
As in verboseness : noun wordiness

Example sentences :

You well know that the loquaciousness of men is prodigious, tremendous.
Extract from : « Discourses of Keidansky » by Bernard G. Richards

What most people like is loquaciousness and its kindred vice tactlessness.
Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various

But his loquaciousness ended with this small adventure I have just described.
Extract from : « Lost Man's Lane » by Anna Katharine Green

Yet the average scientist explains them away, with the ignorance and loquaciousness of a fisher hag.
Extract from : « The Human Side of Animals » by Royal Dixon

Yudushka's agony commenced when the resources of loquaciousness, in which he had so freely indulged, began to give out.
Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov

But he, too, turned off the matter by saying something about Maria's loquaciousness having left him no chance.
Extract from : « Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment » by Edward Bellamy

But this sinister aspect of loquaciousness is evidently proper to an oriental despotism and not to a free republic.
Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various

We were jaded with his superfluity of loquaciousness, and were not sorry when the time of departure arrived.
Extract from : « Talkers » by John Bate

Synonyms for loquaciousness

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