swimmingly

swimmingly
/swim"ing lee/, adv.
without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly: She passed the exam swimmingly.
[1615-25; SWIMMING (in sense "progressing smoothly") + -LY]

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  • Swimmingly — Swim ming*ly, adv. In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swimmingly — “with steady, smooth progress,” 1620s, from SWIMMING (Cf. swimming) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • swimmingly — [swim′iŋlē] adv. easily and with success …   English World dictionary

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  • swimmingly — [[t]swɪ̱mɪŋli[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects If you say that something is going swimmingly, you mean that everything is happening in a satisfactory way, without any problems. [INFORMAL] The work has been going swimmingly …   English dictionary

  • swimmingly — adverb old fashioned go swimmingly if something you plan goes swimmingly, it happens without problems …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • swimmingly — mod. quite nicely. □ I’m having a fine time here. Everything is going along just swimmingly. □ The plans are moving ahead swimmingly …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • swimmingly — adverb Date: 1622 very well ; splendidly < the event went swimmingly > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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