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# fluently

«fluently» in Mova's school dictionary: **Speaking, reading or writing a language easily, smoothly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Speaking, reading or writing a language easily, smoothly and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#m1)

2) Moving or working smoothly, without stopping or stumbling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school it describes reading and language skills: «read fluently», «speak French fluently». It tells the reader that someone is skilled and confident. Phrases: speak fluently, read fluently, fluently bilingual.

### examples

- My friend speaks Spanish and English fluently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x1)
- By Year 4 most children read fluently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x2)
- She played the tune fluently without one mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x3)
- He explained the answer fluently to the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x4)
- After living in Japan, Dad can speak Japanese fluently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x5)
- The dancer moved fluently across the stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x6)
- Then they oiled the corners of their mouths so that they might be able to speak more fluently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/#x7)

### note

Adjective: fluent; noun: fluency. Fluency in reading means accurate, fast and with expression. Not the same as «fluidly», though both suggest smoothness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fluently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.