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What's the difference between frequently and fluently?
Dec 11, 2015 4:47 PM
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If you speak English frequently, you do it often.
If you speak English fluently, you do it with a high level of skill.
December 11, 2015
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Here is the answer for the meaning of frequently:
1 frequent /ˈfriːkwənt/ adjective
Learner's definition of FREQUENT
[more frequent; most frequent]
1
: happening often
We made frequent trips to town.
a frequent [=common, usual] occurrence
This bus makes frequent stops.
— opposite infrequent
2
: acting or returning regularly or often
She was a frequent visitor to the museum.
He is one of our most frequent customers.
— opposite infrequent
— frequently adverb
I see her frequently.
This list is updated frequently.
2 frequent /friˈkwɛnt/ verb
frequents; frequented; frequenting
Learner's definition of FREQUENT
[+ object]
: to visit or go to (a place) often
He began frequenting cheap bars.
a neighborhood frequented by tourists
a restaurant frequented by local politicians
— frequenter noun, plural frequenters [count]
a frequenter of cheap bars
As you can see it usally means something that happens often.
Here is the meaning of fluently:
fluent /ˈfluːwənt/ adjective
Learner's definition of FLUENT
[more fluent; most fluent]
1
a : able to speak a language easily and very well
a fluent speaker
a fluent speaker of Chinese
— often + in
He is fluent in Chinese.
b
◊ Language that is fluent is language that is spoken easily and very well.
She speaks fluent Spanish and a little French.
2
: done in a smooth and easy way
We admired their fluent [=fluid] movement across the dance floor.
a fluent performance
— fluently adverb
He speaks seven languages fluently.
As you can fluently is used to talk about when a person can speak a language very well or does something in a smooth way.
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