fluently
Americanadverb
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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.
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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.
Other Word Forms
- nonfluently adverb
- overfluently adverb
- unfluently adverb
Etymology
Origin of fluently
Example Sentences
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Some were fluently verbal, while others communicated through signs and notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
She speaks Hindi and Spanish fluently, with working knowledge of French and Arabic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Off court he is urbane and thoughtful, and able to speak fluently in a number of languages.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
This year and beyond, they need to quickly learn to speak moral language fluently — and with conviction.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
Arabic numerals are tools which enable me to add and subtract, multiply and divide on a piece of paper far more fluently than I could with Roman numerals.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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