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eloquently

eloquently

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