fluently

[ floo-uhnt-lee ]

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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 Words From

• non·flu·ent·ly adverb
• o·ver·flu·ent·ly adverb
• un·flu·ent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluently¹

fluent ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Now living in La Verne, she wants to ensure her baby can speak both English and Spanish fluently.

From Los Angeles Times

But his options felt limited: He has a high school education from Mexico, but doesn’t speak English fluently and wasn’t comfortable using a computer.

From Los Angeles Times

Rubio was on the long list to be Trump’s wingman in this election, because he’s a household name, can articulate Trumpism fluently in Spanish and represents Florida, a swing state.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Hassilev played banjo and guitar and sang baritone, not only in English but in French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian, all of which he spoke fluently.

From New York Times

"Because he could speak fluently a range of different languages he got pulled into the secret service doing missions of which the facts have never fully come out," Spira explains.

From BBC

Related Words

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• comfortably
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• efficiently
• effortlessly
• freely
• handily
• quickly
• readily
• regularly
• simply
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