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eloquently

eloquently

46 5.1
In a clear, confident, and moving way when speaking or writing
  • adverb
  • /ˈɛləkwəntli/
translation icon : elocuentemente
  • 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.

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Examples

  • She talked very eloquently about fighting burning injustice.

  • You made your point quite eloquently.

  • And as he said so eloquently in court, I want my money.

  • King said it very eloquently.

  • And you have so eloquently and visually painted the war we're actually fighting and why it matters.

  • You speak eloquently for a mill worker.

  • So in that vein, you have spoken very eloquently about an administration.

  • 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.

  • Thomas Jefferson eloquently pinned the words life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Synonyms

rhetorically
vseloquently
15 7.0

In a way that uses words to make a strong point, not to get an answer

focuses on fluent, expressive persuasion when speaking or writing
articulately
vseloquently
4 4.9

In a clear, fluent way that makes ideas easy to understand

adds persuasive expressiveness beyond plain clear and fluent expression
compellingly
vseloquently
3 4.8

In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it

relies more on smooth, expressive fluency than mere forceful appeal
cogently
vseloquently
  • Formal
2 6.7

In a clear and convincing way using good reasons

emphasizes persuasive expressiveness rather than strict logical argument

Antonyms

In a way that does not get the result you want

Speaking in a clumsy, unclear way that makes your meaning hard to understand

How Eloquent

powerfully
34 3.6
eloquently
46 5.1
well
1.0
clearly
881 1.0
simply
110 1.0
clumsily
12 2.8

Surface Forms

eloquently positive

Morphology

eloquently = eloquent (transparent) = eloquent + ly

Formed by adding the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'eloquent', so the meaning is directly derived.

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.