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Examples of swimmingly in a Sentence
We expect everything to go swimmingly.
the rehearsals were going swimmingly until half the cast came down with the flu
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The meet went incredibly well with both roosters getting along swimmingly with the rest of the birds.
—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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Word History
First Known Use
1622, in the meaning defined above
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“Swimmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimmingly. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
swimmingly
adverb
swim·ming·ly
ˈswim-iŋ-lē
: very well : splendidly
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