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smoothly

Syllables: smooth·ly/ˈsmuːðli/

smoothly adverb: in a smooth manner; smooth.

Adverb

smoothly (comparative smoothlier or more smoothly, superlative smoothliest or most smoothly)

  1. in a smooth manner; smooth
    • talk smoothly
    • The plans didn't go/run as smoothly as we'd hoped.
    Synonyms:
    swimmingly

smoothly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

smoothly in Hindi

सुचारू रूप से

smoothly in Tamil

சுமூகமாக

smoothly in Marathi

सुरळीतपणे

smoothly in Bengali

মসৃণভাবে, নির্বিঘ্নে
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smoothly in Telugu
సజావుగా
smoothly in Malayalam
അപ്രതിഹാതമായി, സുഖമായി, സൗമ്യതയോടെ, തടസ്സംകൂടാതെ
smoothly in Kannada
ನುಣ್ಣಗೆ nuṇṇage

Examples of smoothly in a sentence

  • Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.
  • This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.
  • I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.

All 40 example sentences with smoothly

Synonyms of smoothly

Forms of smoothly

comparativesmoothlier
comparativemore smoothly
superlativesmoothliest
superlativemost smoothly

Origin of smoothly

From Middle English smoþely; equivalent to smooth + -ly.

Words formed from smoothly

Questions about smoothly

What does smoothly mean?
Smoothly means in a smooth manner; smooth.
What is smoothly in Hindi?
Smoothly in Hindi is सुचारू रूप से. See Smoothly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is smoothly?
Smoothly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce smoothly?
Smoothly is pronounced /ˈsmuːðli/.

Words near smoothly in the dictionary

  1. smoothingly
  2. smoothings
  3. smoothish
  4. smoothlier
  5. smoothliest
  6. smoothly
  7. smoothness
  8. smoothnesses
  9. smoothrunning
  10. smooths
  11. smooths away

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smoothly (page history and authors); smoothly (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smoothly (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smoothly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smoothly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smoothly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smoothly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ನುಣ್ಣಗೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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