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NOUN (3)

1. powerful and effective language;
- Example: "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"
- Example: "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"
- Example: "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police"
[syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness]

2. skillfulness in speaking or writing;

3. the quality of being facile in speech and writing;
[syn: fluency, volubility, articulateness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fluency \Flu"en*cy\, n. [L. fluentia: cf. F. fluence. See
   Fluent.]
   The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of
   utterance; volubility.
   [1913 Webster]

         The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity.
                                                  --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fluency
    n 1: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a
         large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English
         is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt
         from the police" [syn: eloquence, fluency,
         smoothness]
    2: skillfulness in speaking or writing [ant: disfluency]
    3: the quality of being facile in speech and writing [syn:
       fluency, volubility, articulateness]