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fluently en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English fluent Middle English -ly English -ly English fluently From fluent + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.
   • He lived in Mexico, so he is able to speak Spanish fluently.
2. In a fluent manner, as having graceful movements.
3. In a fluent manner, as literally flowing.
   • When he had gone half way he turned around and stared at the scene—his wife and Catherine scolding and consoling as they stumbled here and there among the crowded furniture with articles of aid, and the despairing figure on the couch, bleeding fluently, and trying to spread a copy of Town Tattle over the tapestry scenes of Versailles. 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 2, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 38:

Forms

Translations (43)

es con fluidez (expressing oneself easily) · fi sulavasti (having graceful movements) · el απταίστως (expressing oneself easily) · cmn 滔滔 (expressing oneself easily) · ru свобо́дно (expressing oneself easily) · cs plynule (expressing oneself easily) · sv flytande (expressing oneself easily) · pl biegle (expressing oneself easily) · id dengan fasih (expressing oneself easily) · sk plynulo (expressing oneself easily) · ja 流暢に (expressing oneself easily) · ar لِبْلِب (expressing oneself easily) · hy սահուն (expressing oneself easily) · pt fluentemente (having graceful movements) · es fluido (expressing oneself easily) · fr couramment (expressing oneself easily) · ar بِطَلَاقَة (expressing oneself easily) · pl płynnie (having graceful movements) · fo flótandi (expressing oneself easily) · fi sujuvasti (expressing oneself easily) · es con soltura (expressing oneself easily) · nl vloeiend (expressing oneself easily) · ja すらすらと (expressing oneself easily) · ja ぺらぺらと (expressing oneself easily) · ca fluidament (expressing oneself easily) · el άπταιστα (expressing oneself easily) · de fließend (expressing oneself easily) · cmn 暢達 /畅达 (expressing oneself easily) · cs plynule (having graceful movements) · pt fluentemente (expressing oneself easily) · it correntemente (expressing oneself easily) · cmn 流利 (expressing oneself easily) · ru бе́гло (expressing oneself easily) · uk ві́льно (expressing oneself easily) · hi रवानी से (expressing oneself easily) · cs plynně (expressing oneself easily) · pl płynnie (expressing oneself easily) · es dominar (expressing oneself easily) · id dengan lancar (expressing oneself easily) · es fluidamente (expressing oneself easily) · hu folyékonyan (expressing oneself easily) · no flytende (expressing oneself easily) · da flydende (expressing oneself easily)