Fluent
['fluːənt] or ['fluənt]
Definition
(adj.) smooth and unconstrained in movement; 'a long, smooth stride'; 'the fluid motion of a cat'; 'the liquid grace of a ballerina' .
Typist: Toni--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.
(a.) Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech.
(n.) A current of water; a stream.
(n.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
Typed by Evangeline
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Flowing, gliding.[2]. Smooth, not harsh.[3]. Voluble, glib, ready (in speech).
Typed by Harley
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FLOWING]
Typist: Waldo
Definition
adj. ready in the use of words: voluble: marked by copiousness.—n. the variable quantity in fluxions.—ns. Flu′ence (Milt.) Flu′ency Flu′entness readiness or rapidity of utterance: volubility.—adv. Flu′ently.
Edited by Alexander
Examples
- He was a fluent, cheerful, agreeable talker. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I understood her very well, for I had been accustomed to the fluent tongue of Madame Pierrot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I lacked not words now; fast I narrated; fluent I told my tale; it streamed on my tongue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The banker's speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Once on the theme of her own merits, mademoiselle was fluent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Even this fluent discharge of Italian did not bring the soap at once, but there was a good reason for it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Was she not, indeed, too free, too fluent, for perfect naturalness? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- These barriers mean absence of fluent and free intercourse. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He at once took the pen, and produced the statement with the fluent readiness of a practised hand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Edited by Alexander