EFFICIENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does efficiently mean? 

• EFFICIENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb EFFICIENTLY has 1 sense:

1. with efficiency; in an efficient manner

  Familiarity information: EFFICIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFICIENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With efficiency; in an efficient manner

Synonyms:

efficiently; expeditiously

Context example:

he functions efficiently

Antonym:

inefficiently (in an inefficient manner)

Pertainym:

efficient (able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively)

 Context examples 

"One of the main objectives of this research was to evaluate how efficiently the galactic wind can drag along the magnetic field," said Lopez-Rodriguez.

(Galactic Wind Provides Clues to Evolution of Galaxies, NASA)

I want a wife: the sole helpmeet I can influence efficiently in life, and retain absolutely till death.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Amino acid which is not efficiently synthesized by humans and must be included in the diet.

(Essential Amino Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Such inhibitors will reduce lethal side effects of high-dose radiotherapy, allowing the increases of radiation doses to efficiently treat cancer and protect patients from gastrointestinal syndrome.

(New Way Discovered for Protecting against High-Dose Radiation Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Packaging of DNA into chromatin allows the cell to store its genetic information efficiently and has an important role in regulating gene expression.

(Gene Silencing Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Importantly, drugs targeting RTKs have already been developed for human cancer, and the researchers showed that these drugs efficiently stopped the growth of devil cancer cells growing in the lab.

(Human anti-cancer drugs could help treat transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils, University of Cambridge)

The study found that this cardiac lipid overload leads to numerous small, misshapen mitochondria that don't produce energy as efficiently as normal mitochondria.

(Excess Fat Disrupts Heart Cell's Energy System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

And as it increases in abundance, fructoselysine is metabolized more efficiently.

(Human Gut Microbe Could Make Processed Foods Healthier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Co-author Chris Gough of Virginia Commonwealth University suggests that multiple layers of leaves may optimize how efficiently light is used to power carbon sequestration in wood.

(Structural complexity in forests improves carbon capture, National Science Foundation)

They first tested several different nucleotide triphosphate transporters to find one that could efficiently import the unnatural bases into Escherichia coli cells.

(Expanding the Genetic Alphabet, NIH)