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Grammar : Adv
Spell : floo-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflu ənt



Definition of fluently

Origin :
  • 1580s, "flowing freely" (of water, also of speech), from Latin fluentem (nominative fluens) "lax, relaxed," figuratively "flowing, fluent," present participle of fluere "to flow, stream, run, melt," from PIE *bhleugw-, extended form of *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow" (cf. Latin flumen "river;" Greek phluein "to boil over, bubble up," phlein "to abound"), an extension of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell;" see bole. Used interchangeably with fluid in Elizabethan times. Related: Fluently.
  • As in evenly : adv on an even plane
  • As in smoothly : adv flatly
  • As in easily : adv without difficulty
Example sentences :
  • He spoke easily, fluently, and calmly: a man supremely self-controlled.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • You speak foreign languages—at least, French and German—fluently.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • She spoke French and Italian as fluently as she did English.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • He said this with a slightly foreign accent, but fluently and easily.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • Then the great man began to swear, and did it well and fluently, with gusto.
  • Extract from : « Cruel Barbara Allen » by David Christie Murray
  • Father Pedro says you are getting on fluently with your translations.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • He spoke German fluently, and his commands were promptly obeyed.
  • Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
  • Yes; but I had never heard that they quoted the Æneid so fluently.
  • Extract from : « The Conspirators » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • Abramovitch and his wife spoke French fluently, the former also English.
  • Extract from : « From Paris to New York by Land » by Harry de Windt
  • You speak English as naturally and fluently as if you were born to the tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath

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