efficiently

[ ih-fish-uhnt-lee ]

adverb

1. in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; capably or competently:

   Getting this many people to pass information among themselves efficiently, let alone come up with a coherent plan that everybody understands, requires practice.

2. in a satisfactory and economical way:

   The product they are donating will give our volunteers the proper materials to build our homes as efficiently as possible.

3. in a way that utilizes a particular resource with the least waste (usually used in combination):

   The lighter your car is, the more fuel-efficiently it will drive.

Other Words From

• non·ef·fi·cient·ly adverb
• qua·si-ef·fi·cient·ly adverb
• su·per·ef·fi·cient·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of efficiently¹

efficient ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

It’s imperative that L.A. city and county officials and civic leaders use that money efficiently and transparently to get people the help and housing they need.

From Los Angeles Times

Nuzzo also pointed to a recent study published in Nature, led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, an H5N1 expert at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, that showed the virus that infected the first reported dairy worker in Texas had acquired mutations that made it more severe in animals as well as allowing it to move more efficiently between them — via airborne respiration.

From Los Angeles Times

Consecutive 12-month periods with up to twice the normal amount of precipitation produced a lot of “smaller fuels” in the form of underbrush and grasses, he said, “and that ends up being the foundation for fires to very efficiently spread.”

From Los Angeles Times

On Wednesday health secretary Wes Streeting will deliver a speech announcing new policies to make the NHS use its funding more efficiently.

From BBC

Consecutive 12-month periods with up to twice the normal amount of precipitation produced a lot of “smaller fuels” in the form of vegetation, brush and grasses, he said, “and that ends up being the foundation for fires to very efficiently spread.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• assiduously
• carefully
• completely
• comprehensively
• conscientiously
• earnestly
• extremely
• fully
• highly
• intensely
• intensively
• meticulously
• painstakingly
• scrupulously
• very
• wholly