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

2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; — said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey.

FLUENT
Flu"ent, n.

1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]

2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.)

Defn: A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

FLUENTLY
Flu"ent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a fluent manner.

FLUENTNESS
Flu"ent*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being fluent.