Efficiently

Definition: Efficiently

Efficiently

Adverb

1. In an efficient manner; "he functions efficiently".

Date "efficiently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Synonyms: Efficiently

Synonyms: expeditiously (adv), with efficiency (adv). (additional references)

Antonym: inefficiently (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Efficiently

English words defined with "efficiently": abaft, aft, astern ♦ expedite ♦ machine ♦ streamline. (references)

Specialty definitions using "efficiently": 8 queens ♦ American flag sort, apogee stage techniques, Armaments Review, AUTOMOBILE RACER ♦ back-propagation, Baths, Finnish, BUTTERMAKER, CONTINUOUS CHURN ♦ coarsening, CONDUCTOR, ROAD FREIGHT, creatinine clearance ♦ De Laval nozzle, decomposable searching problem, demand assignment multiple access, DEMONSTRATOR, ELECTRIC-GAS APPLIANCES, double-ended priority queue ♦ economical haul distance, electric-sorting-machine operator, Electronic Performance Support System, Employee Incentive Plans, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, extranet ♦ Fluidized bed combustion ♦ gas plants, Geothermal Heat Pump ♦ HIGH LEAD, high-radiance light-emitting diode ♦ INSPECTOR I, Institute for Global Communications, Intelligent Input/Output, Irrigation water management ♦ Machine-readable records, metabolic reserves, model checking, Modula-2 , Modula-2*, Modula-3, Modula-3* ♦ n queens, network operating system, NUT-SORTER OPERATOR ♦ Onboard Controls ♦ POLICE CLERK, postman's sort, priority queue ♦ QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST ♦ Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, reflection nebula, RESPIRATORY THERAPIST ♦ SOLAR-ENERGY-SYSTEMS DESIGNER, STARCH-TREATING ASSISTANT, strength reduction, SUPERVISOR, TRAIN OPERATIONS, Sussex wave energy converter, Systems Development Life Cycle, SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER ♦ threaded code, time of useful consciousness, tramp oversize ♦ uniform hashing, unit train ♦ Vertical coordination ♦ workable moisture ♦ XPC. (references)

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Modern Usage: Efficiently

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	People doing a job, well, efficiently, serious, having fun, doing a job. Situation: normal. (The Giant Claw; writing credit: Paul Gangelin; Samuel Newman)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Efficiently

Domain	Title
Books	Active reading : reading efficiently in the arts and sciences (reference) Business Process Oriented Implementation of Standard Software: How to Achieve Competitive Advantage Efficiently and Effectively (reference) How to Achieve Iso 9000 Registration Economically and Efficiently (reference) Organize Your Home: How to Store Clothing, Kitchen Items, Tools, and Other Clutter Efficiently and With No Wasted Space (reference) The Anti-Diet Book: Learn to Eat Strategically, Perform on Demand, and Train Your Metabolism to Burn Fat More Efficiently (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Efficiently

Title	Author	Quote
Time Enough for Love	Robert Heinlein	A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	They slaughtered quickly and efficiently.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Efficiently

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Blood tests will show whether your kidneys are removing wastes efficiently. (references)
		Muscles used in swallowing may work less efficiently in later stages of the disease. (references)
		A condition characterized by high blood sugar resulting from the body's inability to use sugar (glucose) efficiently. (references)
Business		Overall hospitals in Venezuela are not managed efficiently according to industry analysts. (references)
		China's seaports lack the capability of efficiently processing and managing incoming cargo. (references)
		Thus, consumers in Hong Kong have not had the necessary incentive to use energy efficiently. (references)
Civil Liberties	South Africa	The regulations implementing the Refugees Act require the Department of Home Affairs to interview asylum seekers within 14 days of entry and to determine their status within 180 days of the interview; however, asylum applications are not processed efficiently by the Department of Home Affairs due to poor management and insufficient resources. (references)
Economic History	Gabon	Gabon public expenditures from the years of significant oil revenues have not been spent efficiently. (references)
	Colombia	Thus, transportation companies need to keep their vehicles in optimum conditions to perform efficiently. (references)
Human Rights	Albania	The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary; however, because of political pressure, intimidation, endemic corruption and bribery, and limited resources, the judiciary was unable to function independently and efficiently. (references)
Minorities	Eritrea	There were unconfirmed reports that the Government took land from members of the Kunama ethnic group without compensation and gave it to members of other ethnic groups on the grounds that the land was not being efficiently exploited. (references)
Political Economy	Argentina	The Judicial Council, as established, does not function very efficiently. (references)
Trade	Venezuela	Containers are handled efficiently, but will not pass customs as such unless their contents fall under one single tariff classification number. (references)
	Cape Verde	Financial services to the private sector are limited, with the result that the existing system is considered inadequate to efficiently and effectively satisfy the private sector's needs for credit. (references)
	Ukraine	The project will improve the institutional capacity of the State Tax Administration in order to achieve a service-based tax administration that fosters voluntary compliance; reduces tax evasion and broaden tax base; supports current government efforts to reduce tax rates and paves the way for further gradual reductions in the future; efficiently, equitably and honestly administers the laws related to taxes. (references)
Worker Rights	Namibia	Labor laws generally are implemented efficiently. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Efficiently

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Above all, I think we must work together and find ways in which the multitudes of small jurisdictions can be brought together more efficiently.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Activities will be pursued when they can be uniquely or more efficiently accomplished in space.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Efficiently

"Efficiently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.91% of the time. "Efficiently" is used about 1,097 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	99.91%	1,096	6,892
Noun (proper)	0.09%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,097	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Efficiently

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "efficiently": efficiently-built.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Efficiently

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
efficiently more smartly than their work	16
efficiently	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Efficiently

Language		Translations for "efficiently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me efekt (effective, effectively). (various references)

Bulgarian		експедитивно. (various references)

Chinese		高效率地. (various references)

Czech		výkonnì. (various references)

German		wirkungsvoll (effecient, effective, effectively, efficient, forceful, telling), leistungsfähige. (various references)

Greek		αποτελεσματικά (effectively). (various references)

Hebrew		בארח יעיל (effectively). (various references)

Hungarian		hatékonyan (effectively), hatásosan (effectively). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		手際良く (cleverly, skillfully). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		てぎわよく (cleverly, skillfully). (various references)

Korean		능� � �� 으로. (various references)

Manx		dy fondagh (heartily, sufficently). (various references)

Pig Latin		efficientlyay.(various references)

Portuguese		experimentado (experienced, practised, salted, trained, tried, well tried). (various references)

Romanian		productiv (active, efficacious, efficient, generous, productive, productively, rich). (various references)

Russian		продуктивно (effectively). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		efikasno. (various references)

Spanish		eficientemente, competentemente (competently). (various references)

Swedish		duktigt (ably, cleverly, hard, powerfully, soundly). (various references)

Thai		อย่างมีประสิทธิ� าพ. (various references)

Turkish		etkili biçimde, yeterli olarak (adequately), verimli biçimde, rasyonel olarak. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Efficiently

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	efficaciter, efficenter. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Efficiently

Derivations
	Words ending with "efficiently": inefficiently. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Efficiently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: effeciently, efficently, efficientcy, efficienty. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Efficiently"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "efficiently" (pronounced ufi"shuntlē)
9	u f i" sh u n t l ē	inefficiently, insufficiently, sufficiently.
6	-sh u n t l ē	impatiently, patiently.
5	-u n t l ē	abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently.
4	-n t l ē	bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Efficiently

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-f-i-i-l-n-t-y"
	-2 letters: efficient.
	-3 letters: felicity, felinity, finitely.
	-4 letters: centile, fictile, fifteen, inflect, inflict, licente, niftily.
	-5 letters: citify, client, cliffy, effect, elicit, entice, feline, finely, finite, fleecy, flinty, incite, infect, lectin, lenity, lentic, nicely, nicety, tiffin, tinily, yeelin.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-f-i-i-l-n-t-y"
	+2 letters: ineffectively, inefficiently.
	+3 letters: ineffectuality.
	+4 letters: ineffaceability.
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