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Fluency

The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.

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Communicativeness 76% connected

The quality of being communicative.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Articulate 74% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Articulate 74% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fluent 74% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fluent 74% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Articulateness 92% connected

Quality of being articulate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Eloquence 92% connected

Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoke…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Smoothness 92% connected

Quality or state of being smooth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Volubility 92% connected

The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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