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

Law firms for decades have run like Marxist collectives, and about as efficiently. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 July 2026

Petunias purchased as starter plants from a garden center were grown in a greenhouse where their every need was efficiently met, including fertilization. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026

The renderer then uses the Neo Geo hardware to efficiently scale sprites into 16-pixel-wide strips, simulating the wall’s size and position in that column of the screen. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Multistate, multiprogram fraud schemes used to be nearly impossible to prosecute efficiently because the evidence was scattered across jurisdictions. — Mehmet Oz, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing efficiently

• hyper-efficiently

Rhymes for efficiently

• sufficiently
• inefficiently
• insufficiently