efficiently

adverb

ef·​fi·​cient·​ly i-ˈfi-shənt-lē 

: in an efficient manner : with success, competence, or adequate effect

working/operating efficiently

finding ways to use fuel more efficiently

Service is efficiently friendly, and the waitstaff knows the menu inside out.

—Harvey Steiman

At higher elevations, lower air pressure makes it tough for the human body to use oxygen as efficiently as normal.

—Dennis Coello

Examples of efficiently in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their focus today is not on chasing every opportunity but on making smarter decisions about where to invest, where to expand and how to operate more efficiently. — Greg Hewitt, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Doing workouts that get my neuromuscular system to activate has helped my body to work even more efficiently. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Tuesday's model launches come as Google is reportedly developing a specialized chip designed to run Gemini up to 10 times more efficiently, part of a broader push to lower the cost of serving AI. — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Rather than hunting for new gas fields, the real challenge is efficiently separating helium-3 from standard helium. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing efficiently

• hyper-efficiently

Rhymes for efficiently

• sufficiently
• inefficiently
• insufficiently