Examples of swimmingly in a Sentence
We expect everything to go swimmingly.
the rehearsals were going swimmingly until half the cast came down with the flu
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Now, however, things aren’t going so swimmingly.
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Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Keep your emotions in check, respect airport and airline authorities, and your flight should go swimmingly—or flyingly, rather—and without a hitch.
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Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
Everything was going swimmingly for the Cowboys until the day before their penultimate conference game, when a tragic plane crash took the lives of women's basketball coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
But the Gen-X icons reportedly got along swimmingly and have long referred to each other as husband and wife because of their wedding scene.
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Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Keep your emotions in check, respect airport and airline authorities, and your flight should go swimmingly—or flyingly, rather—and without a hitch.
—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
Everything was going swimmingly for the Cowboys until the day before their penultimate conference game, when a tragic plane crash took the lives of women's basketball coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
But the Gen-X icons reportedly got along swimmingly and have long referred to each other as husband and wife because of their wedding scene.
—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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“Swimmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimmingly. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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swimmingly
adverb
swim·ming·ly
ˈswim-iŋ-lē 
: very well : splendidly
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