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flowing

adjective
flow·​ing | \ ˈflō-iŋ How to pronounce flowing (audio) \

Definition of flowing

1 : moving smoothly and continuously in or as if in a stream a flowing river
2a : smooth and graceful flowing handwriting
b : hanging loosely and gracefully a flowing gown her long, flowing tresses
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Other Words from flowing

flowingly adverb
a flowingly graceful gesture As he talked along, softly, pleasantly, flowingly, he seemed to drift away imperceptibly out of this world and time … — Mark Twain

Synonyms & Antonyms for flowing

Synonyms

fluent, fluid, liquid

Antonyms

hard, nonliquid, solid

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First Known Use of flowing

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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