eloquently
- adverb
- /ˈɛləkwəntli/
- The speaker expressed her ideas eloquently, captivating the audience from start to finish.
- speak eloquently
- express eloquently
- write eloquently
She writes so eloquently and she's also really funny.
- She writes so eloquently and she's also really funny.
- And you do that so eloquently and persistently.
- Fat Matt, as you so eloquently put it.
- So, you know, after you've done what Audrey just so eloquently said, let go, let go.
- At the same time, institutions such as those that have welcomed me here today have eloquently addressed these misimpressions.
- And when it comes to confidence, which is something that Lisa talks about so eloquently, is it's not a destination.
- Mind reading that if we understand them, we can make appropriate corrections, as you most eloquently put it.
- To put it eloquently, I've turned out better than I imagined, gone further than I ever dreamed.
- Richie spoke so damn powerfully and eloquently without bias or judgement of those now going through what he suffered.
Examples
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She talked very eloquently about fighting burning injustice.
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You made your point quite eloquently.
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And as he said so eloquently in court, I want my money.
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King said it very eloquently.
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And you have so eloquently and visually painted the war we're actually fighting and why it matters.
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You speak eloquently for a mill worker.
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So in that vein, you have spoken very eloquently about an administration.
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In her post-reading reflection, Morgan eloquently expressed some of these concerns:
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She writes so eloquently and she's also really funny.
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Thomas Jefferson eloquently pinned the words life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Synonyms
In a way that uses words to make a strong point, not to get an answer
In a clear, fluent way that makes ideas easy to understand
In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it
In a clear and convincing way using good reasons
Antonyms
How Eloquent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eloquently comes from Latin parts ex- ('out') and loqui ('to speak'), so it originally meant 'to speak out'. That's why to speak eloquently is to say something in a clear, powerful, and moving way.