as in nicely
in a pleasing way
the rehearsals were going swimmingly until half the cast came down with the flu
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Recent Examples of swimmingly
The meet went incredibly well with both roosters getting along swimmingly with the rest of the birds.
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swimmingly
Adverb
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On Memorial Day weekend in 2023, Fritz was well enough to enjoy a visit from Wolfe ― the pair's first meetup in about three years, his former co-star says.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The song starts off with Wallen’s thoughts of how Indigo will grow to learn more about the life his father has led to this point — surely, the incredible career accomplishments, but the low points as well.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The answer: Find something focused on functionality that will look great assembled as one piece or broken down into big, comfy seats around the house.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
26 Feb. 2025
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When Durant, 36, sat down with Rogal for Netflix's new documentary Court of Gold following Team USA's gold medal finish at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the basketball great gave one of his most emotional interviews ever.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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More recently, the medical-entrepreneurial bug took her back to early stage biopharma, and in particular, precision medicine treatments that can be tailored more finely to patient biology.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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Very finely laced foliage complements flowers that are mostly sky blue but occasionally royal blue.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Back at Bar Mercer, Gutfeld happily riffs on a trio of TV anchors who are now without a network.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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Layered in glass jars with custard and slices of fresh berries, these desserts should have kids and kid-minded adults happily scooping them up.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Swimmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swimmingly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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