Meanings
comparative more fluently · superlative most fluently
- In a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.
He lived in Mexico, so he is able to speak Spanish fluently.
- In a fluent manner, as having graceful movements.
- In a fluent manner, as literally flowing.
1 more example
When he had gone half way he turned around and stared at the scene—his wife and Catherine scolding and consoling as they stumbled here and there among the crowded furniture with articles of aid, and the despairing figure on the couch, bleeding fluently, and trying to spread a copy of Town Tattle over the tapestry scenes of Versailles.
1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 2, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 38
Origin
Translations
Arabic بِطَلَاقَة, لِبْلِب
- بِطَلَاقَة (bi-ṭalāqa)expressing oneself easily
- لِبْلِب (liblib)expressing oneself easily
Catalan fluidament
- fluidamentexpressing oneself easily
Chinese Mandarin 流利, 滔滔
- 流利 (liúlì)expressing oneself easily
- 滔滔 (tāotāo)expressing oneself easily
- 暢達 /畅达 (chàngdá)expressing oneself easily
Czech plynule, plynně
- plynuleexpressing oneself easily
- plynněexpressing oneself easily
- plynulehaving graceful movements
Danish flydende
- flydendeexpressing oneself easily
Dutch vloeiend
- vloeiendexpressing oneself easily
Finnish sujuvasti, sulavasti
- sujuvastiexpressing oneself easily
- sulavastihaving graceful movements
French couramment
- courammentexpressing oneself easily
German fließend
- fließendexpressing oneself easily
Greek άπταιστα, απταίστως
- άπταιστα (áptaista)expressing oneself easily
- απταίστως (aptaístos)expressing oneself easily
Hindi रवानी से
- रवानी से (ravānī se)expressing oneself easily
Hungarian folyékonyan
- folyékonyanexpressing oneself easily
Indonesian dengan lancar, dengan fasih
- dengan lancarexpressing oneself easily
- dengan fasihexpressing oneself easily
Italian correntemente
- correntementeexpressing oneself easily
Japanese ぺらぺらと, 流暢に
- ぺらぺらと (perapera to)expressing oneself easily
- 流暢に (ryūchō ni)expressing oneself easily
- すらすらと (surasura to)expressing oneself easily
Norwegian flytende
- flytendeexpressing oneself easily
Polish biegle, płynnie
- biegleexpressing oneself easily
- płynnieexpressing oneself easily
- płynniehaving graceful movements
Portuguese fluentemente, fluentemente
- fluentementeexpressing oneself easily
- fluentementehaving graceful movements
Russian бе́гло, свобо́дно
- бе́гло (béglo)expressing oneself easily
- свобо́дно (svobódno)expressing oneself easily
Slovak plynulo
- plynuloexpressing oneself easily
Spanish dominar, con fluidez
- dominarexpressing oneself easily
- con fluidezexpressing oneself easily
- con solturaexpressing oneself easily
- fluidoexpressing oneself easily
- fluidamenteexpressing oneself easily
Swedish flytande
- flytandeexpressing oneself easily
Ukrainian ві́льно
- ві́льно (vílʹno)expressing oneself easily
Cite this entry
fluently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluently
“fluently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluently. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluently,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluently.
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