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el·o·quent

(ĕl′ə-kwənt)

adj.

Capable of or characterized by eloquence: an eloquent speaker; an eloquent sermon.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ēloquēns, ēloquent-, present participle of ēloquī, to speak out; see elocution.]

el′o·quent·ly adv.

el′o·quent·ness n.

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Adv.	1.	eloquently - with eloquence; "he expressed his ideas eloquently" articulately inarticulately, ineloquently - without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner; "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately"
	2.	eloquently - in an articulate manner; "he argued articulately for his plan" articulately

Translations

بِبَلاغَه، بِفَصاحَه

veltalende

redegewandt

éloquemment

ékesszólóan

af mælsku

uttrykksfullt

güzel bir şekilde

富于表情地雄辩地

eloquently

[ˈeləkwəntlɪ] ADV [speak, express] → con elocuencia, elocuentemente; [write, demonstrate] → elocuentemente; [nod, smile] → de manera elocuente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eloquently

[ˈɛləkwəntli] adv [speak, express, write, argue] → avec éloquence

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eloquently

adv

(= persuasively) speak, express, write → mit beredten Worten; demonstrate → deutlich; very eloquently put or phrased → sehr gewandt ausgedrückt

(fig) gesture, smile → beredt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

eloquently

[ˈɛləkwəntlɪ] adv → eloquentemente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

eloquence

(ˈeləkwəns) noun

the power of expressing feelings or thoughts in words that impress or move other people. a speaker of great eloquence.

ˈeloquent adjective

an eloquent speaker/speech.

ˈeloquently adverb

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But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause --such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

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The musketeer still preserved the hope of reaching Nantes quickly, and of pleading the cause of his friends eloquently enough to incline the king to mercy.

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The unbrushed tufts of hair sticking up behind and the hastily brushed hair on his temples expressed this most eloquently.

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Heathcliff knew he could plead eloquently for Catherine's company, then.

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The duke and duchess had no reason to regret the joke that had been played upon Sancho Panza in giving him the government; especially as their majordomo returned the same day, and gave them a minute account of almost every word and deed that Sancho uttered or did during the time; and to wind up with, eloquently described to them the attack upon the island and Sancho's fright and departure, with which they were not a little amused.

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"He talked so eloquently about the blank wall outside his bedroom window, that I'm sure he will never support life here without it.

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Gradually Alexander joined; between them, whether he would or no, they forced a word or two from John; and these fell so tremulously, and spoke so eloquently of a mind oppressed with dread, that Mr.

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All these, of course, were ample and eloquently set forth by the communicative old chief.

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To ascertain this, there was no necessity to consult anything but his hands, long, slender, and white, of which every muscle, every vein, became apparent through the skin at the least movement, and eloquently spoke of good descent.

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She must be one of the women whom she had praised so eloquently, who care for liberty and not for men; she must forget that George loved her, that George had been thinking through her and gained her this honourable release, that George had gone away into--what was it?--the darkness.

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I always do sit with my hands in my pockets except when I am in the company of my sisters, my cousins, or my aunts; and they kick up such a shindy--I should say expostulate so eloquently upon the subject--that I have to give in and take them out--my hands I mean.

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And when it was brought back to her she took it in her arms as softly as if it might be asleep, and unconsciously pressed it to her breast: there was never anything in the house that spoke to her quite so eloquently as that little white robe; it was the one of her children that always remained a baby.

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