Smoothly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smoothly \Smooth"ly\, adv.
     In a smooth manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  smoothly
       adv 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" [syn: {swimmingly}]
       3: in a smooth and diplomatic manner; "`And now,' he said
          smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "smoothly":
     ardently, artfully, astutely, cagily, calmly, cannily, cleverly,
     cunningly, easily, effectively, effortlessly, eloquently, evenly,
     expressively, facilely, fervently, flatly, fluently, forcefully,
     foxily, freely, glibly, glowingly, graphically, guilefully,
     hands down, impressively, in glowing terms, insidiously, knowingly,
     lightly, like clockwork, like nothing, meaningfully, no sweat,
     on easy terms, on the sly, on wheels, passionately, peacefully,
     placidly, powerfully, quiescently, quietly, readily, regularly,
     shiftily, shrewdly, simply, slick, slyly, smooth, spiritedly,
     still, stilly, strikingly, subtilely, subtlely, swimmingly,
     tellingly, tranquilly, trickily, uniformly, unperturbedly,
     vehemently, vigorously, vividly, warily, warmly, well, wilily,
     without difficulty