Noun: fluency floo-un(t)-see
- Ability to express oneself readily and clearly in speech
"Her fluency in three languages impressed the interviewers";
- volubility, articulateness
- Skilful and graceful expression, especially in speech
"His fluency in the debate won over many sceptics";
- eloquence
- Ease and grace of movement or flow
"The fluency of the dance performance";
- smoothness
Derived forms: fluencies
Type of: communicativeness, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer]
Antonym: disfluency
Encyclopedia: Fluency