Smoothly

Definition: Smoothly

Smoothly

Adverb

1. With no problems or difficulties; "put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly".

2. With great ease and success; "in spite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly".

3. In a smooth and diplomatic manner; "`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'".

Date "smoothly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonym: Smoothly

Synonym: swimmingly (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Smoothly

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Facility	Adverb: easily; Adjective: readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed.
	Verb: be easy; Adjective: go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play; Noun: go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well.
Prosperity	Verb: prosper, thrive, flourish; be prosperous; Adjective: drive a roaring trade, do a booming business; go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Smoothly

English words defined with "smoothly": A screw loose, adjusted ♦ Couped, curved, curving ♦ fair, flowing, Frowey ♦ glide, Gloze, gradational, gradatory, graduated, Grazioso ♦ Laster ♦ military press ♦ politic, Portamento, press ♦ Rattletrap, Roulade ♦ Scissile, slide, slip, slur, smooth, snake, streaming, suave, Suently, synchromesh. (references)

Specialty definitions using "smoothly": Acquaintance ♦ BINDING FOLDER, MACHINE, BOARD-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, braid folder ♦ chaser helper, cogwheel phenomenon, Courtesy Clerks ♦ golf-course patroller, GOLF-COURSE RANGER, Group of Ten ♦ hamada, hamadet, hammada, hammadah, hammadat ♦ king's vanes ♦ LASTER, HAND, Lyre ♦ MACHINE SETTER-AND-REPAIRER, Mocking-bird, MOLD-MAKER HELPER, multi-level texture interpolation ♦ nedj ♦ Paris Club, PATTERN ASSEMBLER, Plane ♦ QUILT STUFFER ♦ rock desert ♦ Sail before the Wind, Sentry, silt vanes, Statistical Isolinear Multi Component Analysis, stone desert ♦ Train, transition maneuver ♦ Unguem ♦ wool-batting worker, wrats nest. (references)

Etymologies containing "smoothly": Rattletrap. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Smoothly

Domain	Title
Books	Doctor Murray's Total Body Tune-Up: Slow Down the Aging Process, Keep Your System Running Smoothly, Help Your Body Heal Itself-For Life! (reference) Encyclopedia of Network Blueprints: 50 Blueprints to Keep Your Network Running Smoothly (reference) Everything Car Care: How to Maintain Your Car and Keep It Running Smoothly (Everything Series) (reference) Grow, Grow, Grow: Great Techniques for Helping Your Painting Company Grow Smoothly (reference) (more book examples)

Music	To Run More Smoothly (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Smoothly

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Though they look like satin cushions, these smoothly sanded instrument protectors are made from plywood. Exact purpose of the covers is a military secret. Workers in the foreground are fitting the door on a complet. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Smoothly

Author	Quotation
Elizabeth Gaskell	A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Smoothly

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The men broke and ran, and the current worked smoothly into the flat, under the cars, under the automobiles.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The rails are laid on them, and they are covered with sand, and the cars run smoothly over them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Smoothly

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The temporomandibular joint connects the lower jaw, called the mandible, to the temporal bone at the side of the head. If you place your fingers just in front of your ears and open your mouth, you can feel the joint on each side of your head. Because these joints are flexible, the jaw can move smoothly up and down and side to side, enabling us to talk, chew and yawn. Muscles attached to and surrounding the jaw joint control its position and movement. (references)
Business		Each of them has a well-developed correspondent bank network in the U.S., as well as a local representative office in at least one major U.S. city. Because of the lack of restrictions, easy tele-electronic communications, and a strong comprehension of English, banking relationships with the U.S. and other countries generally run smoothly. (references)
		U.S. firms have remarked that it is important to build up good relationships with the key buyers and the telecom regulator, MII. It is equally important to establish good contacts with the State Development and Planning Commission in charge of long-term project planning, and local governments (provincial and county levels) to uncover potential end-users and operate smoothly in China. (references)
Economic History	Namibia	The 11-month transition period went relatively smoothly. (references)
	Thailand	But more could be done to ensure the process works faster and more smoothly. (references)
	Denmark	Once a project is financially consolidated and running smoothly, the funds withdraw from it. (references)
Political Economy	Indonesia	The actual voting process went relatively smoothly. (references)
	RUSSIA	The nominal ruble/dollar exchange rate has been rising relatively smoothly over the first nine months of 2001, and was up by 4.4 percent by the end of September. (references)
	ECUADOR	Despite a few bumps along the way, the transition to dollarization proceeded relatively smoothly and on September 10, 2000, the sucre ceased to be legal tender in Ecuador. (references)
Political Rights	Andorra	The election was run smoothly, and considered to be free and fair by domestic monitors. (references)
	Mozambique	Despite some minor technical difficulties, including long lines and missing equipment, the registration process ran smoothly. (references)
Trade	Ghana	To further facilitate operations in the zones, nationals of OECD countries, Canada, East Asian countries and the Republic of South Africa can, in principle and with sufficient advance notice, obtain entry visas at the airport, although this process does not always work smoothly. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Smoothly

"Smoothly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Smoothly" is used about 972 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)	99.9%	971	7,511
Noun (proper)	0.1%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	972	N/A

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

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Expressions: Smoothly

Expressions using "smoothly": go smoothly ♦ run smoothly ♦ smoothly shaven. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "smoothly": smoothly-blended, smoothly-run, smoothly-running, smoothly-shaven, smoothly-skinned.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Smoothly

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
go less smoothly state	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Smoothly

Language		Translations for "smoothly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		顺利地, � �手 (convenient and easy to use, handy), � �利 (without a hitch). (various references)

Danish		tekst oplaest med jaevn stemmefoering (smoothly read text). (various references)

Dutch		monotoon voorgelezen tekst (smoothly read text). (various references)

Finnish		tasaisesti (evenly). (various references)

French		doucement. (various references)

German		weich (crumby, limp, malleable, mellow, pillowy, smooth, soft, soft boiled, soft-hearted, softly, spongy, springy, squashy, tender). (various references)

Greek		λεία (booty, loot, pillage, prey, spoil, spoils), ομαλά (clockwork, normally). (various references)

Hungarian		szabályosan (by line and level, regularly, smooth), simán (glibly, sleekly, slick, smooth), egyenletesen (consistently, evenly, on an even keel, steadily, steady). (various references)

Italian		senza scosse, liscio (bald, glib, lank, makeup, neat, plain, simple, sleek, slick, smooth, straightforward, swimmingly, undeluted), in modo mellifluo, dolcemente (gently, softly, sweetly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		自然に (naturally, spontaneously), 颯と (suddenly), すすり泣く (all, all of a sudden, bitch, briskly, broke, clear, completely, directly, do something completely, erect, even, face with no make-up, gently, men's underwear, neat, nimble, ought to do, penniless, quick, quickly, quietly, shapely, should do, sleeping soundly, smart, smooth to the touch, softly, straight, thoroughly, to leaveundone, to make refreshed, to make relieved, to neglect, to sob, to standup, upright, utterly stark naked, wearing only one's birthday suit), するが良い (had better..., hereupon, may as well..., slip intoplace, thereupon), 円滑に , じろじろ見る (cool sensation from passing air, gradually, sound of air leaking, to look hard at, to look up and down, to make refreshed, to make relieved, to scrutinize, to stare at, unhindered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すいすいと (unhindered), すらすら , するすると , しぜ�"に (naturally, spontaneously), さっと, え�"かつに. (various references)

Korean		매끄럽게. (various references)

Pig Latin		oothlysmay

Portuguese		texto lido de um modo uniforme (smoothly read text). (various references)

Romanian		neted (clear, even, evenly, flat, flush, lank, level ground, plain, plane, polished, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth-faced), lin (flowing, gentle, mild, quiet, slowly, smooth, soft, sweet, tench). (various references)

Russian		гладко (sleekly, smooth, swimmingly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tečno (fluently, pat, trippingly), glatko (glibly, smooth, swimmingly), blago (blandly, gold, mildly, pelf, quietly, treasure). (various references)

Spanish		ponderado (balanced, calm, peaceful, silent, unflustered, weighted), fácilmente (easily, easy, effortlessly, facilely, readily, with ease). (various references)

Swedish		mjukt (softly, supply). (various references)

Turkish		sarsıntısızca, yumuşacık bir şekilde, pürüzsüzce, kolayca (easily, easy as winking, facilely, hands down, light, lightly, readily, swimmingly, well, with ease), düzgünce. (various references)

Ukrainian		гладко (evenly, flat, smooth, swimmingly), добре (all right, decently, familiarly, good, nicely, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, right-ho, well). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Smoothly

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 31
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Mh mequskesqe oinw alla omileite anqrwpoiV dikaioiV kai omileite en peripatoiV ean gar eiV taV fialaV kai ta pothria dwV touV ofqalmouV sou usteron peripathseiV gumnoteroV uperou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit cum splenduerit in vitro color eius ingreditur blande
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ne beholde thou the win, whan it floureth, whan shal shine in the verr the colour of it.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Smoothly

Language	Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 31
Cebuano	Dili ka magtan-aw sa vino kong kini magapula, Kong kini magapangidlap sulod sa copa, Sa diha nga kini magaagay nga mahapsay:
Croatian	Ne gledaj na vino kad rujno iskri, kad se u èaši svjetlucavo prelijeva: pije se tako glatko,
Danish	Se ikke til Vinen, hvor rød den er, hvorledes den perler i Bægeret; den glider så glat,
Dutch	Zie den wijn niet aan, als hij zich rood vertoont, als hij in den beker zijn verve geeft, als hij recht opgaat;
Finnish	Älä katsele viiniä, kuinka se punoittaa, kuinka se maljassa hohtaa ja helposti valahtaa alas.
French	Ne regarde pas le vin qui paraît d`un beau rouge, Qui fait des perles dans la coupe, Et qui coule aisément.
German	Siehe den Wein nicht an, daß er so rot ist und im Glase so schön steht. Er geht glatt ein;
Hungarian	Ne nézd a bort, mily veres színt játszik, mint mutatja a pohárban az õ csillogását; könnyen alá csuszamlik,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Janganlah membiarkan anggur menggodamu, sekalipun warnanya sangat menarik dan nampaknya berkilauan dalam gelas serta mengalir masuk dengan nikmat ke dalam tenggorokan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jangan engkau pandang akan air anggur apabila merah rupanya, apabila ia berkilat dalam piala serta buihnya naik ke atas.
Maori	Kaua e titiro ki te waina i te mea e whero ana, ina puta tona kara i roto i te kapu, ina mania tona heke.
Norwegian	Se ikke til vinen, hvor rød den er, hvorledes den perler i begeret, hvor lett den går ned!
Portuguese	Não olhes para o vinho quando se mostra vermelho, quando resplandece no copo e se escoa suavemente.
Rumanian	Nu te uita la vin cknd curge row wi face mqrgqritare kn pahar; el alunecq uwor,
Russian	оЕ УНПФТЙ ОБ ЧЙОП, ЛБЛ ПОП ЛТБУОЕЕФ, ЛБЛ ПОП ЙУЛТЙФУС Ч ЮБЫЕ, ЛБЛ ПОП ХИБЦЙЧБЕФУС ТПЧОП:
Spanish	No mires el vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en la copa, cuando entra suavemente.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Smoothly

Misspellings
	"Smoothly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: smoothely, smoothy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Smoothly"

Words rhyming with "smoothly" (pronounced 'Smooth"ly'): Abruptly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Acutely, Adaptly, Adjunctly, Adroitly, Alertly, Antiquely, Apertly, Aptly, Archly, Argutely, Artly, Attently, Augustly, Austerely, Aversely, Avisely, Awkly, Badly, Baldly, Barely, Basely, Beastly, Behovely, Benignly, Beseemly, Bigly, Billy, Blackly, Blandly, Blankly, Blindly, Blithely, Blolly, Bluely, Bluntly, Boldly, Booly, Bragly, Bravely, Briefly, Brightly, Briskly, Broadly, Brutely, Buffoonly, Burly, Calmly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Smoothly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "h-l-m-o-o-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: smoothy, soothly, thymols.
	-2 letters: hostly, mostly, mythos, ostomy, sholom, smooth, tholos, thymol.
	-3 letters: holms, holts, homos, hooly, hoots, hooty, hotly, looms, loots, lotos, molto, molts, mools, moots, moths, mothy, myths, osmol, shool, shoot, sloth, smolt, sooth, sooty, sotol, stool, tools, toyos.
	-4 letters: holm, hols, holt, holy, homo, homy, hoot, host, hots, hoys, loom, loos.
	Words containing the letters "h-l-m-o-o-s-t-y"
	+3 letters: loathsomely, mythologers, mythologies, mythologist, toothsomely.
	+4 letters: lymphomatous, mythologists, mythologizes, posthumously.
	+5 letters: chromatolyses, chromatolysis, dichotomously, homosexuality, homosociality, lymphocytoses, lymphocytosis, lymphomatoses, lymphomatosis, methoxychlors, mythologizers, photopolymers, polychotomies, polychotomous.
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