as in nicely
in a pleasing way
the rehearsals were going swimmingly until half the cast came down with the flu
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Recent Examples of swimmingly
The timing of that deal worked out swimmingly for Bright Path.
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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
Drew McIntyre has trolled his way to the top of WWE, while CM Punk’s redemption tour has gone swimmingly after a bitter divorce in 2014.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The pivot to health care had been going swimmingly until the 2021 breathing machine debacle.
—Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
Drew McIntyre has trolled his way to the top of WWE, while CM Punk’s redemption tour has gone swimmingly after a bitter divorce in 2014.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The pivot to health care had been going swimmingly until the 2021 breathing machine debacle.
—Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swimmingly
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With the Cowboys well outside of the postseason picture, Elliott asked to be released after playing 15 games for the team that drafted him fourth overall in 2016.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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There are 2,380 comments at the time of writing as well.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The presentation also featured a surprise appearance by Tom Brady, the NFL great turned broadcaster for Fox Sports.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Some of these prognostications are finely detailed; others are broadly thematic.Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2025
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Dice the potatoes, chop the fresh ginger and slice the sweet onion (finely) and carrot.Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
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This is the premise behind what keeps the ISS happily orbiting above our heads.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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But experts told Fox News Digital that the king is happily letting his eldest son take over the reins.Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Swimmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swimmingly. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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