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swimmingly

[ swim-ing-lee ]

adverb

  1. without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly:

    She passed the exam swimmingly.



swimmingly

/ ˈswɪmɪŋlɪ /

adverb

  1. successfully, effortlessly, or well (esp in the phrase go swimmingly )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of swimmingly1

1615–25; swimming (in sense “progressing smoothly”) + -ly
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Example Sentences

That’s one of the ideas at the heart of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s swimmingly gorgeous three-hour drama Drive My Car.

From Time

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Four months after FX began debuting some of its original series on Hulu rather than cable TV, the companies say the new arrangement is going swimmingly.

From Quartz

As far as Kramatorsk is concerned, in the eyes of Kiev, at least, things are also going swimmingly.

While cis dykes have generally shown little interest in me, my experiences with cis men have in comparison gone rather swimmingly.

The experiment goes swimmingly, until Sam realizes he may be biting off more than he can chew.

Ashore the movie bogs down, but when Spielberg gets his camera out to sea all goes swimmingly.

According to some folks, things are going swimmingly for women, whereas men are falling ever further behind.

These arrangements being made, we flattered ourselves that all would go on swimmingly.

She neglected no duty—that is, no apparent duty—and her lessons progressed swimmingly.

He is delighted that it has started so well and is going on so swimmingly; and he is full of plans for increasing the interest.

The first traverse is an arm of the Lake, three leagues across, over which we passed swimmingly.

The questions and answers went swimmingly, and ended in nothing worth mentioning.

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