Words that rhyme with fluently

  • absently
    adv 1: in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly]
  • abundantly
    adv 1: in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely" [syn: abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly]
  • acuity
    n 1: sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) [syn: acuity, visual acuity, sharp-sightedness] 2: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness]
  • adamantly
    adv 1: inflexibly; unshakably; "adamantly opposed to the marriage"
  • advertently
    adv 1: in a careful deliberate manner [syn: mindfully, heedfully, advertently] [ant: inadvertently, unknowingly, unmindfully, unwittingly]
  • ambiguity
    n 1: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context 2: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning [syn: ambiguity, equivocalness] [ant: unambiguity, unequivocalness]
  • anciently
    adv 1: in ancient times; long ago; "a concern with what may have happened anciently"
  • annuity
    n 1: income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity" [syn: annuity, rente]
  • apparently
    adv 1: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor" [syn: apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it] 2: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]
  • ardently
    adv 1: in an ardent manner; "the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired"
  • arrogantly
    adv 1: in an arrogant manner; "in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid"
  • beautifully
    adv 1: in a beautiful manner; "her face was beautifully made up" [syn: beautifully, attractively] [ant: unattractively]
  • benevolently
    adv 1: in a benevolent manner; "she looked on benevolently" [ant: malevolently]
  • blatantly
    adv 1: in a blatant manner; "they blatantly violated the laws"
  • bluntly
    adv 1: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly]
  • brilliantly
    adv 1: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly, brightly, bright] 2: in an extremely intelligent way; "he solved the problem brilliantly"
  • brutally
    adv 1: in a vicious manner; "he was viciously attacked" [syn: viciously, brutally, savagely]
  • buoyantly
    adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
  • coherently
    adv 1: in a coherent manner; "she could not talk coherently after the accident" [ant: incoherently]
  • community
    n 1: a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" 2: common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions" 3: a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community" 4: agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests" [syn: community, community of interests] 5: a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences [syn: residential district, residential area, community] 6: (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other [syn: community, biotic community]
  • competently
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • concurrently
    adv 1: overlapping in duration; "concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held"; "going to school and holding a job at the same time" [syn: concurrently, at the same time]
  • confidently
    adv 1: with confidence; in a confident manner; "we have to do what is right confidently"
  • congruity
    n 1: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate [syn: congruity, congruousness, congruence] [ant: incongruity, incongruousness]
  • consequently
    adv 1: (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; "consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor" [syn: consequently, accordingly] 2: as a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held" [syn: consequently, therefore]
  • consistently
    adv 1: in a systematic or consistent manner; "they systematically excluded women" [syn: systematically, consistently] [ant: inconsistently, unsystematically]
  • constantly
    adv 1: without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" [syn: constantly, invariably, always] 2: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" [syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly]
  • continuity
    n 1: uninterrupted connection or union [ant: discontinuity] 2: a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot 3: the property of a continuous and connected period of time [syn: continuity, persistence]
  • conveniently
    adv 1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: handily, conveniently] [ant: inconveniently]
  • cruelty
    n 1: a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering [syn: cruelty, inhuman treatment] 2: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness] 3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance [syn: cruelty, cruelness, harshness]
  • currently
    adv 1: at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut" [syn: presently, currently]
  • decently
    adv 1: in a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress decently" [ant: indecently] 2: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly]
  • defiantly
    adv 1: in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously" [syn: rebelliously, contumaciously, defiantly]
  • despondently
    adv 1: with desperation; "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly" [syn: despairingly, despondently]
  • differently
    adv 1: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently, otherwise, other than]
  • diffidently
    adv 1: in a diffident manner; "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'"
  • diligently
    adv 1: with diligence; in a diligent manner; "we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint"
  • discordantly
    adv 1: in a discordant manner; "the piece ended discordantly" [syn: discordantly, unharmoniously]
  • distantly
    adv 1: from or at a distance; "dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness"
  • ebulliently
    adv 1: in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression" [syn: ebulliently, exuberantly, expansively]
  • efficiently
    adv 1: with efficiency; in an efficient manner; "he functions efficiently" [syn: efficiently, expeditiously] [ant: inefficiently]
  • elegantly
    adv 1: with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner; "the room was elegantly decorated" [ant: inelegantly] 2: in a gracefully elegant manner; "the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do"
  • eloquently
    adv 1: with eloquence; "he expressed his ideas eloquently" [syn: eloquently, articulately] [ant: inarticulately, ineloquently] 2: in an articulate manner; "he argued articulately for his plan" [syn: articulately, eloquently] [ant: inarticulately]
  • eminently
    adv 1: in an eminent manner; "two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution"
  • evidently
    adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]
  • excellently
    adv 1: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously" [syn: excellently, magnificently, splendidly, famously]
  • exorbitantly
    adv 1: to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital" [syn: exorbitantly, extortionately, usuriously]
  • expectantly
    adv 1: in an expectant manner; "she looked at him expectantly"
  • expediently
    adv 1: in an expedient manner [syn: expediently, inadvisably] [ant: inexpediently]
  • exuberantly
    adv 1: in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church" [syn: exuberantly, riotously] 2: in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression" [syn: ebulliently, exuberantly, expansively]
  • exultantly
    adv 1: in an exultant manner; "it was exultingly easy" [syn: exultantly, exultingly]
  • fervently
    adv 1: with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" [syn: fierily, fervently, fervidly]
  • flagrantly
    adv 1: in a flagrant manner; "he is flagrantly disregarding the law"
  • flamboyantly
    adv 1: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly" [syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
  • flippantly
    adv 1: in a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children" [syn: flippantly, airily]
  • fluency
    n 1: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" [syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness] 2: skillfulness in speaking or writing [ant: disfluency] 3: the quality of being facile in speech and writing [syn: fluency, volubility, articulateness]
  • fluent
    adj 1: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth] 2: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]
  • foolishly
    adv 1: without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come" [syn: foolishly, unwisely] [ant: sagely, wisely]
  • fraudulently
    adv 1: in a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was fraudulently obtained"
  • frequently
    adv 1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely, seldom]
  • gallantly
    adv 1: in a gallant manner; "he gallantly offered to take her home" [syn: gallantly, chivalrously] [ant: unchivalrously]
  • gently
    adv 1: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain" 2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal" [syn: gently, mildly] 3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: lightly, softly, gently]
  • hesitantly
    adv 1: with hesitation; in a hesitant manner; "he finally accepted hesitantly" [syn: hesitantly, hesitatingly] [ant: unhesitatingly]
  • ignorantly
    adv 1: in ignorance; in an ignorant manner; "they lived ignorantly in their own small world"
  • imminently
    adv 1: in an imminent manner
  • immunity
    n 1: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" [syn: unsusceptibility, immunity] [ant: susceptibility, susceptibleness] 2: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: immunity, resistance] 3: the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism" 4: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" [syn: exemption, immunity, granting immunity]
  • impatiently
    adv 1: with impatience; in an impatient manner; "he answered her impatiently" [ant: patiently]
  • impenitently
    adv 1: in an impenitent manner; "he repeated his position unrepentantly" [syn: impenitently, unrepentantly] [ant: penitentially, penitently, repentantly]
  • importantly
    adv 1: in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself" [syn: importantly, significantly] 2: in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion"
  • impotently
    adv 1: in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly" [syn: helplessly, impotently, unable to help]
  • imprudently
    adv 1: in an imprudent manner; "imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy" [ant: providentially, prudently]
  • impudently
    adv 1: in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently" [syn: impertinently, saucily, pertly, freshly, impudently]
  • incessantly
    adv 1: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn: endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly, continuously] 2: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" [syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly]
  • incoherently
    adv 1: in an incoherent manner; "he talked incoherently when he drank too much" [ant: coherently]
  • indecently
    adv 1: in an indecent manner; "she was rather indecently dressed" [ant: decently]
  • indignantly
    adv 1: in an indignant manner; "Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry"
  • indolently
    adv 1: in an indolent manner; "he lives indolently with his relatives"
  • indulgently
    adv 1: in an indulgent manner; "I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised"
  • inelegantly
    adv 1: without elegance [ant: elegantly]
  • ineloquently
    adv 1: without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner; "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately" [syn: ineloquently, inarticulately] [ant: articulately, eloquently]
  • infrequently
    adv 1: not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room" [ant: frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes]
  • ingenuity
    n 1: the power of creative imagination [syn: inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness] 2: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" [syn: ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness]
  • inherently
    adv 1: in an inherent manner; "the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting"
  • innocently
    adv 1: in a not unlawful manner; "he claimed to have purchased the contraband innocently" 2: in a naively innocent manner; "she smiled at him innocently"
  • insistently
    adv 1: in an insistent manner
  • insolently
    adv 1: in an insolent manner; "he had replied insolently to his superiors"
  • instantly
    adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] 2: without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn: instantaneously, outright, instantly, in a flash]
  • irrelevantly
    adv 1: in an irrelevant manner; "suddenly and irrelevantly, she asked him for money" [ant: relevantly]
  • irreverently
    adv 1: without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence" [ant: reverentially, reverently] 2: in an irreverent manner; "in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used"
  • jubilantly
    adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
  • leniently
    adv 1: in a permissively lenient manner; "he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime" [syn: laxly, leniently]
  • luxuriantly
    adv 1: in an abundant and luxuriant manner; "whiskers grew luxuriantly from his ample jowls" 2: in an elegantly luxuriant way; "this suave, culture-loving and luxuriantly good-looking M.P.represents the car-workers of Coventry"
  • malevolently
    adv 1: in a malevolent manner; "she gossips malevolently" [ant: benevolently]
  • malignantly
    adv 1: in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads
  • munificently
    adv 1: in a generous manner; "he gave liberally to several charities" [syn: liberally, munificently, generously]
  • negligently
    adv 1: in a negligent manner; "he did his work negligently"
  • obediently
    adv 1: in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking" [syn: obediently, yieldingly] [ant: disobediently]
  • opportunity
    n 1: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" [syn: opportunity, chance]
  • opulently
    adv 1: in a sumptuous and opulent manner; "this government building is sumptuously appointed" [syn: sumptuously, opulently]
  • patently
    adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]

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