taught, pontificated, scolded, discoursing, admonished, expounded, hectored, ranted, harangued, preached, talked, reminded, berated, studied, excoriated, chastised, counseled, blathered, harped, spoke, mocked, upbraided, tutored, chided, railed, rebuked, critiqued, sneered, castigated, pilloried, heckled, fulminated, sermonized, prattled, inveighed, lambasted, extolled, quizzed, groused, lampooned, droned, needled, debated, bemoaned, jabbered, badgered, ridiculed, yammered, ruminated, sparred, grumbled, philosophized, minored, remarking, belittled, chatted, dwelled, jousted, reminisced, griped, bragged, consulted, complained, proselytized, addressed, carped, rambled, practiced, vilified, assailed, visiting professor, reproves, fumed, disdained, conversed, tackled, fretted, fawned, regaled, declaimed, reprimanded, bellyached, discussed, lionized, recounted, brooded, mused, kidded, denigrated, likened, criticized, brayed, disparaged, questioned, buttonholed, confronted, lamented, emphasized, marveled, rhapsodized, reproached, interrogated

bombastically, free-and-easy, unmodulated