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fluently, adv.|ˈfluːəntlɪ|
[f. fluent a. + -ly2.]
In a fluent manner; esp. with easy and ready flow of words.
1613Tourneur P. Henry 147 His aptnesse fluently appeares In ev'rie souldier's grief. 1621W. Sclater Tythes (1623) 169 Conclusions fluently deduced there from. 1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. xi. §2 133 When this humour of Medisance springeth in the head of the company, it runnes fluently into the lesse noble parts. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 205 He fluently could speak many..modern tongues. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. i. §2 Perceiving that Euphranor heard him with respect, he proceeded very fluently. 1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 668 She [a ship] swims along calmly and fluently. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §4. 304 Elizabeth..spoke French and Italian as fluently as English. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 221 Thrasymachus made all these admissions, not fluently..but with extreme reluctance. |