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Noun: fluency  floo-un(t)-see
  1. Powerful and effective language
    "fluency in spoken and written English is essential";
    - eloquence, smoothness
     
  2. Skilfulness in speaking or writing
     
  3. The quality of being facile in speech and writing
    - volubility, articulateness

Derived forms: fluencies

Type of: communicativeness, expressive style, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer], style

Antonym: disfluency

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