Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fluency"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity.
--Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fluency
n 1: powerful and effective language [syn: {eloquence}]
2: skillfulness in speaking or writing
3: the quality of being facile in speech and writing [syn: {volubility},
{articulateness}]


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