fluently

[ floo-uhnt-lee ]

/ ˈflu ənt li /

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adverb

smoothly, relatively rapidly, and easily, with few or no errors: Herbert Hoover moved his family to China before becoming president, and he and his wife learned to speak Mandarin Chinese fluently.I can type as fluently as Rubenstein played the piano.

with easy and graceful motion or with smooth, natural transitions: Her small yet strong body moved fluently through the woods as if part of it.Moving fluently from personal to public history, his poetry has been acclaimed for both its candor and its authority.

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Origin of fluently

fluent + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM fluently

non·flu·ent·ly, adverbo·ver·flu·ent·ly, adverbun·flu·ent·ly, adverb

Words nearby fluently

flue-cure, flue gas, fluellen, fluency, fluent, fluently, flue pipe, fluerics, flue stop, fluey, fluff

How to use fluently in a sentence

Suddenly I felt I could speak the same language, albeit not very fluently.
How “My Octopus Teacher” Defied Convention - Issue 99: Universality|Brandon Keim|April 14, 2021|Nautilus
Samir is 8 now, fluent in English and flourishing at school.
A Maryland couple opened their home to a Honduran mother and son. They ended up sharing more than space.|Stephanie García|January 30, 2021|Washington Post
You can be “fluent in the food” of your heritage, even if you’re not fluent in the language.
Indian Americans: The New Voices Bringing Diversity to Food Writing|Shaan Merchant|January 7, 2021|Ozy
Make sure to become fluent in the new API changes if you use the API for any application or software programs that you have built.
Google Search Console API gains fresh data & more|Barry Schwartz|December 9, 2020|Search Engine Land

I know vocabulary but am not fluent and cannot understand fully.
Five ways to become a ‘Search Sherpa’ for your own organization|Lisa Little|December 7, 2020|Search Engine Land
Williamson “talks fluently and modestly about his art,” Barkham wrote.
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The helmsman, who did not speak English or Italian fluently, responded, “Hard to Starboard?”
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When one man asked Carmona to speak Spanish, he answered fluently, although his grammar was a little rusty.
Dr. Richard Carmona Faces a Tough Race as the Democratic Candidate for Senate in Arizona|Terry Greene Sterling|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He painted her, as fluently as Sargent or Boldini might have, then wrapped the painting, and tied up the package.
Remembering Jeanne-Claude|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Over the past four decades, Lynch has invented a voice that speaks fluently in tongues, a visual language all his own.
David Lynch's Twisted Art|Peter Owen Nelson|September 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Strive to speak or sing fluently without breaking the quality of tone used.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
He was wonderfully quick in overtaking his fellow-pupils, and at six could read French and German fluently.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
He spoke her own tongue fluently, and never in Constantinople had she met a gentleman more at his ease in courtly company.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
He talked fluently with the humor peculiar to his countrymen, and had succeeded in interesting his listener.
Alone|Marion Harland
Our mother tongue hardly knew itself, it ran so fluently and sounded so magniloquently and lied so naturally.
Overland|John William De Forest