swimmingly
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swim·ming·ly

adverb \ˈswi-miŋ-lē\

Definition of SWIMMINGLY

: very well : splendidly <the event went swimmingly>

Examples of SWIMMINGLY

  1. We expect everything to go swimmingly.
  2. <the rehearsals were going swimmingly until half the cast came down with the flu>

First Known Use of SWIMMINGLY

1622

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