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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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The plan went swimmingly: the island saw economic growth at an annual average of seventy per cent for almost a decade, and eventually elbowed its way into the ranks of the upper-middle-income countries.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The timing of that deal worked out swimmingly for Bright Path.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
Graphically, these curved lines cross to represent a fish shape, but this doesn’t always go swimmingly.
—Jeffrey Hammond, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Drew McIntyre has trolled his way to the top of WWE, while CM Punk’s redemption tour has gone swimmingly after a bitter divorce in 2014.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1622, in the meaning defined above
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“Swimmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimmingly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
swimmingly
adverb
swim·ming·ly
ˈswim-iŋ-lē
: very well : splendidly
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