flu´ent|ness

flu´ent|ness
flu|ent «FLOO uhnt», adjective.
1. flowing smoothly or easily: »

Long practice enabled the American to speak fluent French.

2. speaking or writing easily and rapidly: »

a fluent speaker. Fluent children are often also good readers.

3. not fixed or stable; fluid; liquid.
[< Latin fluēns, -entis, present participle of fluere to flow]
flu´ent|ly, adverb.
flu´ent|ness, noun.
Synonym Study 2 Fluent, glib, voluble mean speaking easily. Fluent suggests speaking or writing both easily and well: »

He is a fluent lecturer.

Glib suggests speaking so easily and so smoothly that it is not trustworthy: »

He is a glib liar.

Voluble suggests speaking so much and continuously that it is boring: »

Detained by a voluble talker, I was late.


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