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
Harvey SteimanAt higher elevations, lower air pressure makes it tough for the human body to use oxygen as efficiently as normal.—Dennis Coello
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All of these use cases would enable legal professionals to work more efficiently and focus on delivering better legal services, faster.
—Dan Hauck, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The small 20-inch (50-centimeter) search robot then quickly and efficiently scans the seabed.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Such early birds had not yet evolved many of the features that help modern birds fly skillfully and efficiently.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Dan Hauck, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The small 20-inch (50-centimeter) search robot then quickly and efficiently scans the seabed.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Such early birds had not yet evolved many of the features that help modern birds fly skillfully and efficiently.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for efficiently
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“Efficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficiently. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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