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Articulately

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ar·tic·u·late  (är-tky-lt)
adj.
1. Endowed with the power of speech.
2. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech.
3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker.
4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay.
5. Anatomy Consisting of sections united by joints; jointed.
v. (-lt) ar·tic·u·lat·ed, ar·tic·u·lat·ing, ar·tic·u·lates
v.tr.
1. To pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate.
2. To utter (a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech organs.
3. To express in coherent verbal form; give words to: couldn't articulate my fears.
4. To fit together into a coherent whole; unify: a plan to articulate nursing programs throughout the state.
5. Anatomy To unite by forming a joint or joints.
6. Architecture To give visible or concrete expression to (the composition of structural elements): a spare design in which windows and doors are barely articulated.
v.intr.
1. To speak clearly and distinctly.
2. To utter a speech sound.
3. Anatomy To form a joint; be jointed: The thighbone articulates with the bones of the hip.

[Latin articultus, past participle of articulre, to divide into joints, utter distinctly, from articulus, small joint; see article.]

ar·ticu·late·ly adv.
ar·ticu·late·ness, ar·ticu·la·cy (-l-s) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.articulately - with eloquence; "he expressed his ideas eloquently"
inarticulately, ineloquently - without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner; "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately"
2.articulately - in an articulate manner; "he argued articulately for his plan"
inarticulately - in an inarticulate manner; "he talked inarticulately about the accident that had just taken his wife's life"

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replied the Chancellor, as articulately as he could with a pen between his lips.
"/You/ are a murderer," the man answered still more articulately and emphatically, with a smile of triumphant hatred, and again he looked straight into Raskolnikov's pale face and stricken eyes.
I had also arrived to some little diversions and amusements, which made the time pass a great deal more pleasantly with me than it did before - first, I had taught my Poll, as I noted before, to speak; and he did it so familiarly, and talked so articulately and plain, that it was very pleasant to me; and he lived with me no less than six-and-twenty years.
 
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