swimmingly
pronunciation
How to pronounce swimmingly in British English:
UK [ˈswɪmɪŋli]
How to pronounce swimmingly in American English:
US [ˈswɪmɪŋli]
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- Adverb:
- with great ease and success
Word Origin
- swimmingly (adv.)
- "with steady, smooth progress; in an easy, gliding manner," 1620s, from swimming + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. " Now things seem to be proceeding swimmingly , " said a different high-level health official in the administration , also not authorized to speak by name .
- 2. President barack obama had a big pat on the back for his young daughters on tuesday , saying they have taken swimmingly to life in the white house .
- 3. Things appeared to be going swimmingly until early september , when the chinese news media quoted a beijing official of the bill and melinda gates foundation as saying that " a small number of people " had declined to come , and that others had asked whether they would be pushed for donations .