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

While the city plans to officially update the General Plan by the end of next year, Li is continuing to collaborate with San Jose leaders to build efficiently. — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

The goal, officials say, is to encourage owners to make investments allowing their plants to run cleaner and more efficiently. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026

The best organizations go beyond answering customers more efficiently to designing interactions that remove friction, build loyalty, accelerate outcomes and free staff to focus on higher-value work. — Jesper With-Fogstrup, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

If the kitchen cannot move food efficiently, the restaurant suffers. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing efficiently

• hyper-efficiently

Rhymes for efficiently

• sufficiently
• inefficiently
• insufficiently