Adjective

(en adjective)

That flows; flowing, liquid.

fluent handwriting

*, II.12:

For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent , without ever being stable or permanent.

(linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.

Adjective

(en-adj)

Of the highest quality; splendid.

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*:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

Exceptionally good of its kind.

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Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.

*(David Hume) (1711-1776)

*:an excellent hypocrite

*(Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)

*:Their sorrows are most excellent .