flowing
adjective
flow·ing ˈflō-iŋ 
1
: moving smoothly and continuously in or as if in a stream
a flowing river
2
a
: smooth and graceful
flowing handwriting
b
: hanging loosely and gracefully
a flowing gown
her long, flowing tresses
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
Mark Twain 
Synonyms
- fluent
- fluid
- liquid
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing flowing
flowing 1 of 2
adjective
as in liquid
capable of moving like a liquid a flowing silk scarf Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- liquid
- fluid
- thin
- fluent
- diluted
- weak
- watery
- semisolid
- circumfluous
- circumfluent
- semiliquid
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- solid
- hard
- thick
- nonliquid
- coagulated
- gelled
- gelatinous
- jellied
- viscous
- gooey
- clotted
- glutinous
- jelled
- gluey
- gummy
flowing
2 of 2verb
1
as in pouring
to move in a stream water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate Synonyms & Similar Words
- pouring
- streaming
- rolling
- dripping
- running
- rushing
- emanating
- flooding
- rippling
- springing
- trickling
- coursing
- gushing
- spurting
- issuing
- arising
- racing
- overflowing
- effusing
- cascading
- flushing
- spouting
- fountaining
- inundating
- swamping
- engulfing
- riffling
- dribbling
- overrunning
- deluging
- disemboguing
- sheeting
- guttering
- washing out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- backing up
- setting
- clotting
- hardening
- coagulating
- congealing
- gelling
2
as in drifting
to move or proceed smoothly and readily as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow Synonyms & Similar Words
- drifting
- gliding
- rolling
- cruising
- sliding
- sailing
- sweeping
- streaming
- slipping
- flying
- brushing
- rushing
- coasting
- racing
- speeding
- breezing
- skimming
- bowling
- whisking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- struggling
- floundering
- shuffling
- plodding
- trudging
- stumbling
- laboring
- lumbering
- limping
- toiling
- stomping
- stamping
- tramping
- stumping
- shambling