Subfluent
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Flowing beneath. not-comparable
"It was through the crown of this construction [a bridge] that one day Watt, treading more heavily than was his wont, or picking his steps with less than his usual care, drove his foot, and part of his leg. And he would certainly have fallen, and perhaps been carried away by the subfluent flood, had I not been at hand to bear him up."
- 2 Below the level of fluency in a language.
"The two basic types of aphasia are subfluent and fluent."
Example
More examples"It was through the crown of this construction [a bridge] that one day Watt, treading more heavily than was his wont, or picking his steps with less than his usual care, drove his foot, and part of his leg. And he would certainly have fallen, and perhaps been carried away by the subfluent flood, had I not been at hand to bear him up."
Etymology
From sub- + fluent.
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