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Antonyms for fluent

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

Definition of fluent

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.
  • adj articulate
Example sentences :
  • He was a rapid, fluent talker, with excited utterance at times.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • His antagonist was Dr. Gunning, ready, fluent, and impassioned.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Then our friend Kenyon, who is a fluent speaker, can lay the case before them.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Fluent and voluble upon all other subjects, upon this he hesitated.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • His English was slower and not as fluent as that of Zoro, and his words harder to understand.
  • Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg
  • "Fortuna de guerra, senor capitan," said he in fluent Spanish.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Onslow's French was not fluent, and he was silent from shame.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • But this was not an easy thing to do, for Strickland was not a fluent talker.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • He is fluent in oath and objurgation, cursing like an inmate of the pit.
  • Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
  • Not so fluent, perhaps, as their fathers, they are more thoughtful.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

Synonyms for fluent

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