Honestly, to this native speaker, articulated was a perfectly good word choice in this instance & one that I might have made myself. I agree; I don’t think the

Honestly, to this native speaker, articulated was a perfectly good word choice in this instance & one that I might have made myself. I agree; I don’t think the alternate meaning of 'jointed movement' is going to occur to the majority of people - it’s really not in common use.