eloquent
[el-uh-kwuh nt]
- having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech: an eloquent orator.
- characterized by forceful and appropriate expression: an eloquent speech.
- movingly expressive: looks eloquent of disgust.
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Origin of eloquent
Synonym study
Eloquent, fluent, articulate, expressive are adjectives that characterize speech or speakers notable for their effectiveness. Eloquent suggests clarity and power: an eloquent plea for disarmament. Fluent, with a root sense of flowing, refers to easy, smooth, facile speech: fluent in three languages. Articulate characterizes a clear and effective speaker or speech: an articulate spokesman for tax reform. Expressive focuses on rendering intelligible or meaningful the ideas or feelings of a speaker or writer and implies an especially effective, vivid use of language: a deeply moving, powerfully expressive evocation of a city childhood. See also fluent.
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Examples from the Web for eloquently
Contemporary Examples
As my fellow students have eloquently demonstrated, we need feminism.
As McCain so eloquently stated Monday, we must not “risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.”
As a similar Tumblr so eloquently states: “Your Balls Are Not That Big.”
The explainer in chief can easily and eloquently point to all that.
No one does either as brilliantly or eloquently as Sandra Bullock.
Historical Examples
Quickly, but eloquently, Blood expressed his thanks, where he knew that no thanks were due.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
Eloquently he describes his struggle with the changing language.
She dwelt earnestly and, indeed, eloquently on the beauty of the scenery.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2)Charles James Lever
The Fynes looked at each other eloquently, doubtfully: What do you think of this?
ChanceJoseph Conrad
They whispered to him eloquently; I don't think they quite expected the result.
A Set of SixJoseph Conrad
eloquent
- (of speech, writing, etc) characterized by fluency and persuasiveness
- visibly or vividly expressive, as of an emotionan eloquent yawn
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin ēloquēns, from ēloquī to speak out, from loquī to speak
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Word Origin and History for eloquently
eloquent
adj.
late 14c., from Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquentem (nominative eloquens), present participle of eloqui "to speak out" (see eloquence). Related: Eloquently.
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