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   flu·ent

   /ˈflo͞oənt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) able to express oneself easily and articulately: "a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects" Similar articulateeloquentexpressivecommunicativecoherentcogentilluminatingvividsilver-tonguedpersuasiveglibvolubleOpposite inarticulate
   • ▪ (of a person) able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: "she became fluent in French and German" Similar articulateable to speak or write … easily and accuratelyhave a (good) command of
   • ▪ (of a foreign language) spoken accurately and with facility: "he spoke fluent Spanish"
   • ▪ (of speech, language, movement, or style) smoothly graceful and easy: "his style of play was fast and fluent" Similar free-flowingsmootheffortlesseasynaturalfluidunbrokenuninterruptedcontinuousgracefulelegantregularrhythmicOpposite jerky
   • ▪ able to flow freely; fluid: "a fluent discharge from the nose"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin fluent- ‘flowing’, from the verb fluere.

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