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

Tools that offer real-time risk monitoring, dynamic regulatory reporting and automated decisioning allow organizations to scale efficiently without compromising security. —Leo Patching, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Barrón said both the electricity and data economy industries are looking for ways to meet demand efficiently in a way that takes advantage of the capacity that goes unused in systems built to serve peak loads, as a way to better control price increases for consumers. —Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025

Agency officials say the changes aim to help beneficiaries manage the transition to electronic payments and navigate other policy updates more efficiently. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

Although the East Coast is not prone to large earthquakes like the West Coast, the rattling of an East Coast quake is felt more broadly because the hard bedrock of the region transfers seismic energy more efficiently than the heavily faulted West Coast bedrock. —Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing efficiently

• hyper-efficiently

Rhymes for efficiently

• sufficiently
• inefficiently
• insufficiently