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Definition

able to easily comprehend and express; or expressed smoothly — especially in a foreign language

Much more rarely (seen in classic literature), fluent can mean smooth or flowing — as in: "fluent as the flight of a swallow" or "the fluent lines on the yacht" or Shakespeare's "fluent as the sea".

She is fluent in three languages.

fluent = able to easily comprehend and express

knows China and is fluent in Mandarin
fluent in the intricacies of labor law
Special education classes helped her to became a fluent reader.
...stared at her with considerable curiosity and astonishment: comprehending precious little of the fluent succession of remarks and questions which her tongue never ceased pouring forth.
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
She is also fluent in Spanish.
Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

fluent = able to easily comprehend and express

Cal says she's been cussing fluently for a week, now.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

fluently = easily and expressively

Katerina Sergyevna has a son, little Nikolai, while Mitya runs about merrily and talks fluently.
Ivan Turgenev -- Fathers and Sons
She herself already spoke French, and therefore easily learned our native language and spoke it fluently before we were released from our captivity.
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
She spoke fluent English, so she could translate for Mary too.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
Jasper Western spoke French fluently, and the words and manner of Sanglier struck him.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
Judkins mumbled thanks that he could not speak fluently, and his eyes flashed.
Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
No doubt I now grew very pale;—but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Tell-Tale Heart
I learned to speak fluent Hungarian just so I could talk with her.
Leon Leyson -- The Boy on the Wooden Box
"This fellow, Benteret, he's supposed to be fluent in a hundred languages, but now he'll only say one word—over and over again."
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
He speaks six languages fluently.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
He shouted it fluently, without faltering once.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
But Agravaine, who had been reluctant before this, became fluent.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
Rage was making him fluent; the words came easily, in a rush.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
He spoke Spanish fluently.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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