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

For example, there is a push to require data centers to use battery storage for backup power instead of diesel generators, which can use energy more efficiently and do not directly produce air pollution. — Anna Zarra Aldrich, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

The future of work is not fewer people doing the same things more efficiently. — Ali Alkhafaji, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The setup stayed the same for the switch to NBC, allowing the crew to capture every tiny moment and efficiently craft the story for each episode. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

The achievement could allow the team to operate more efficiently during the next Cf-252 production campaign in 2027. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing efficiently

• hyper-efficiently

Rhymes for efficiently

• sufficiently
• inefficiently
• insufficiently