adv
Meaning 1
In an efficient manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
efficiently
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 F IH1 SH AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with efficiency; in an efficient manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he functions efficiently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expeditiously
Antonyms: inefficiently
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English efficient Middle English -ly English -ly English efficiently From efficient + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: eficientment — in an efficient manner
- Czech: účinně — in an efficient manner
- Czech: efektivně — in an efficient manner
- Dutch: op een efficiënte manier — in an efficient manner
- Finnish: tehokkaasti — in an efficient manner
- French: efficacement — in an efficient manner
- German: effizient — in an efficient manner
- Hungarian: hatékonyan — in an efficient manner
- Italian: efficientemente — in an efficient manner
- Latin: efficienter — in an efficient manner
- Russian: эффекти́вно (effektívno) — in an efficient manner
- Spanish: eficientemente — in an efficient manner
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