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swimmingly
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"with steady, smooth progress; in an easy, gliding manner," 1620s, from swimming + -ly (2).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB go ▪ Everything had been going swimmingly only a moment before. ▪ Things were going swimmingly , what with remarkably honest plumbers, electricians and carpenters fixing up my new home. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Everything ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. (context informal English) In a very favorable manner; agreeably; without difficulty; successfully.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. with great ease and success; "in spite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly" [syn: smoothly ]
Usage examples of swimmingly.
They build this ironically named SAINT on AllenbyI'm sure they must have worked to get that acronymusing the Japanese technology, and all goes swimmingly until Sir Reginald, on his own, dumps his huge file of occult material into the computer in his own private area.