SMOOTHLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smoothly mean? 

• SMOOTHLY (adverb)
  The adverb SMOOTHLY has 2 senses:

1. with no problems or difficulties

2. in a smooth and diplomatic manner

  Familiarity information: SMOOTHLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMOOTHLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With no problems or difficulties

Synonyms:

smoothly; swimmingly

Context example:

despite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly

Pertainym:

smooth (lacking obstructions or difficulties)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a smooth and diplomatic manner

Context example:

'And now,' he said smoothly, 'we will continue the conversation'

Pertainym:

smooth (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication)

 Context examples 

They worked together more smoothly and steadily.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I was wonderfully relieved to find that my aunt and Dora's aunts rubbed on, all things considered, much more smoothly than I could have expected.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Things are likely to go smoothly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She rowed as well as she did many other things, and though she used both hands, and Laurie but one, the oars kept time, and the boat went smoothly through the water.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There is no one with a better heart than Charles; but his own life moves so smoothly that he cannot understand that others may have trouble.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A substance that flows smoothly and takes the shape of its container.

(Fluid, NCI Dictionary)

Most blood transfusions go very smoothly.

(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Everything, however, went on smoothly, and was finally settled according to Charlotte's first sketch.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Half his destiny would then be determined, but the other half might not be so very smoothly wooed.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She had now caught the bosom-breathing of the ocean, and was herself a-breath with the rhythm of it as she smoothly mounted and slipped down each broad-backed wave.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)