adv
Meaning 1
With a gliding motion suggesting swimming.
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
swimmingly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋli/
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General-American: /ˈswɪmɪŋli/
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General-American: /-ɡli/
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adv
Meaning 2
In a very favorable manner; without difficulty; agreeably, successfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: like clockwork, smoothly, without a hitch
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with no problems or difficulties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly
- despite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smoothly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From swimming (“(adj.) moving in water as an ordinary means of motion; without difficulty”) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sulavasti — with a gliding motion suggesting swimming
- German: fließend — with a gliding motion suggesting swimming
- Spanish: a nado — with a gliding motion suggesting swimming
- Bulgarian: гладко (gladko) — in a very favourable manner
- Bulgarian: като по вода (kato po voda) — in a very favourable manner
- Catalan: com l'anell al dit — in a very favourable manner
- Dutch: van een leien dakje — in a very favourable manner
- Dutch: als een tierelier — in a very favourable manner
- Finnish: sujuvasti — in a very favourable manner
- Finnish: juohevasti — in a very favourable manner
- Finnish: putkeen — in a very favourable manner
- Finnish: kuin tanssi — in a very favourable manner
- French: comme sur des roulettes — in a very favourable manner
- Georgian: თავისუფლად (tavisuplad) — in a very favourable manner
- German: einwandfrei — in a very favourable manner
- German: glänzend — in a very favourable manner
- German: glatt — in a very favourable manner
- German: wie am Schnürchen — in a very favourable manner
- German: wie geschmiert — in a very favourable manner
- Hungarian: mint a karikacsapás — in a very favourable manner
- Hungarian: simán — in a very favourable manner
- Hungarian: könnyedén — in a very favourable manner
- Irish: go seoigh — in a very favourable manner
- Italian: dolcemente — in a very favourable manner
- Polish: jak z płatka — in a very favourable manner
- Portuguese: às mil maravilhas — in a very favourable manner
- Portuguese: com bom successo — in a very favourable manner
- Portuguese: sem impedimento — in a very favourable manner
- Spanish: a pedir de boca — in a very favourable manner
- Spanish: de perlas — in a very favourable manner
- Spanish: a su salvo — in a very favourable manner
- Swedish: gå som på räls — in a very favourable manner
- Swedish: gå som smort — in a very favourable manner
- Swedish: med god fortgång — in a very favourable manner
- Ukrainian: як по маслу (jak po maslu) — in a very favourable manner