fluid
noun
a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
fluidness
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a word derived from
fluid.
Example Sentences
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“The fluidness, the effortlessness, the way it comes out of your hand. That’s how you should throw. DeGrom and Yama are two of the best that just, like, make it look really easy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
“Ours is a revolutionary era of gender fluidness and sexual equality and same-sex parents and girls doubtless need fathers, too,” he writes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2019
Long before Chastity Bono became a guy named Chaz and Bruce Jenner transformed into Caitlyn, stage performers were regularly changing their sexes, demonstrating the fluidness of the boundaries between male and female.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2015
Then on the flip side, there’s this unfettered fluidness that is true of the Mad Hatter and White Queen.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2013
She was amazed by her own fluidness, it was as if she had convinced even herself that she was not living on memories mildewed by thirteen years.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
