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swimmingly

[ swim-ing-lee ]

adverb

  1. without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly:

    She passed the exam swimmingly.



swimmingly

/ ˈɪɪŋɪ /

adverb

  1. successfully, effortlessly, or well (esp in the phrase go swimmingly )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swimmingly1

1615–25; swimming (in sense “progressing smoothly”) + -ly
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The president donned a tux to tell the GOP bigwigs his reciprocal tariff plan was going swimmingly.

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Halle and DDG‘s relationship was going swimmingly — then the rapper dropped “Famous.”

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Everything seemed to be going swimmingly for United after arguably their most accomplished 25 minutes of the season at the start of Wednesday's game.

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"I guess they assume from social media that everything is always going swimmingly," muses Gareth.

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For all the talk of England's backline this week, things have not always gone swimmingly in the scrum.

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