smoothly
173
2.3
- adverb
- /smuːðli/
:
sin problemas
- After that, everything went smoothly.
- run smoothly
- go smoothly
- flow smoothly
Turns out that if you pump blood smoothly through the body, it works.
- Turns out that if you pump blood smoothly through the body, it works.
- Well OK, to get things working as smoothly as you just saw took some doing.
- The ball smoothly goes up and smoothly falls back down.
- They couldn't play that chord sequence smoothly on the piano or whatever it is.
- But things just go so much more smoothly when you have it.
- As long as it's moving smoothly, the same results will still happen.
- This is all going so smoothly, it's weird.
Examples
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Well OK, to get things working as smoothly as you just saw took some doing.
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With the support of Beijing, construction carried on smoothly and sufficient building supplies arrived.
Academic text (1999) -
This is all going so smoothly, it's weird.
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But things just go so much more smoothly when you have it.
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Everything is going smoothly, I assure you.
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Still, the departure went smoothly.
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For your newsletter to be produced smoothly, your students must be organized for efficiency.
Academic text (2008) -
So, Ellie says things are going very smoothly.
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Everything is going smoothly.
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Everything went smoothly during the presentation, making it enjoyable for everyone.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Without much effort
372
1.0
To do something with little force to avoid hurting or making noise
56
2.8
In a smooth and beautiful way that looks controlled
44
3.7
Gently and carefully to avoid hurting people or breaking things
30
3.1
To do something without needing to try
25
3.8
In a smooth way without problems or interruptions
19
3.2
With no problems and everything going smoothly
16
4.1
In a way that has no mistakes
11
2.9
In a smooth, precise way without errors
8
6.0
In a smooth and successful way without problems
4
3.8
In a smooth, easy way without pauses
1
4.1
Easily and without crying or trouble
In a way that works smoothly and without problems
In a smooth, graceful way that moves like water
Antonyms
Idioms
How Smoothly
30
3.1
25
3.8
173
2.3
884
1.0
36
1.4
38
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Smoothly comes from smooth ('even', 'without bumps') plus the ending -ly, which makes it 'in an even way'. Think of a flat road or a calm sea — that's why smoothly means doing something 'easily' or 'without problems'.