fluent

(flū'ənt)
adj.

1. 1. Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly: a fluent speaker; fluent in three languages.
   2. Flowing effortlessly; polished: speaks fluent Russian; gave a fluent performance of the sonata.
2. Flowing or moving smoothly; graceful: a yacht with long, fluent curves.
3. Flowing or capable of flowing; fluid.

[Latin fluēns, fluent-, present participle of fluere, to flow.]

fluency flu'en·cy n.
fluently flu'ent·ly adv.

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adjective

Marked by facility, especially of expression: easy, effortless, flowing, fluid, graceful, smooth. See style/good style/bad style.

adj

Definition: articulate
Antonyms: effortful, hesitant, illiterate, inarticulate, unfluent, unprepared

IN BRIEF: Done in a smooth easy way.

The child read very fluently for one so young.

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• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber
• Intelligent, Informed, Clever, or Articulate

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flydende

Nederlands (Dutch)
welbespraakt, soepel, vloeibaar, vloeiend

Français (French)
adj. - qui a la plume facile, coulant (un style), fluide (un mouvement)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gewandt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευφραδής, στρωτός, αβίαστος ή άνετος (στο χειρισμό λόγου ή γλώσσας), εύγλωττος

Italiano (Italian)
eloquente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fluente

Русский (Russian)
плавный, гладкий, свободно (говорить)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fluente, fluyente, fluido, corriente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ledig, ostadgad (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流利的, 流畅的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 流利的, 流暢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유창한, 능변의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 流暢な, 能弁な
n. - 変数

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طليق اللسان , فصيح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדבר בשטף, רהוט‬

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