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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
swimmingly
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 had been going swimmingly only a moment before.
▪ Somehow, this mix all works out swimmingly.
▪ Things were going swimmingly, what with remarkably honest plumbers, electricians and carpenters fixing up my new home.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swimmingly

Swimmingly \Swim"ming*ly\, adv. In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
swimmingly

"with steady, smooth progress; in an easy, gliding manner," 1620s, from swimming + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
swimmingly

adv. (context informal English) In a very favorable manner; agreeably; without difficulty; successfully.

WordNet
swimmingly

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.