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

The state would manage all medical insurance — more efficiently and at less consumer expense, advocates insist. —George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 May 2026

If those compounds can now be synthesized more efficiently, the total addressable market expands significantly. —Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026

The cells use perovskite, a material known for absorbing sunlight efficiently at lower production costs than silicon. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026

Instead, companies often need smaller, specialized AI systems tailored to specific tasks—such as optimizing factory energy usage or helping employees search internal documents more efficiently. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing efficiently

• hyper-efficiently

Rhymes for efficiently

• sufficiently
• inefficiently
• insufficiently