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FLUENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being facile in speech and writing
Synonyms:
articulateness; fluency; volubility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):
communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)
Derivation:
fluent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Skillfulness in speaking or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):
skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)
Antonym:
disfluency (lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing)
Derivation:
fluent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Powerful and effective language
Example:
his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
Synonyms:
eloquence; fluency; smoothness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)
Derivation:
fluent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)
