- fluency
- noun Date: 1636 the quality or state of being fluent
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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fluency — fluent ► ADJECTIVE 1) speaking or writing in an articulate and natural manner. 2) (of a language) used easily and accurately. 3) smoothly graceful and easy: a runner in fluent motion. 4) able to flow freely; fluid. DERIVATIVES fluency noun… … English terms dictionary
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