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efficiently

[ih-fish-uhnt]

adjective

performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient secretary.

satisfactory and economical to use: Our new air conditioner is more efficient than our old one.

producing an effect, as a cause; causative.

utilizing a particular commodity or product with maximum efficiency (usually used in combination): a fuel-efficient engine.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin efficient- (stem of efficiēns), equivalent to ef- ef- + fic-, combining form of facere to make, do¹ + -ent- -ent

Related forms

ef·fi·cient·ly, adverb

non·ef·fi·cient, adjective

non·ef·fi·cient·ly, adverb

qua·si-ef·fi·cient, adjective

qua·si-ef·fi·cient·ly, adverb

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su·per·ef·fi·cient, adjective

un·ef·fi·cient, adjective

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Synonyms
1. effectual. See effective.

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No system can perform efficiently when one is looking for a needle in a haystack by checking each straw individually.

Ingesting this slower air allows an engine to burn its fuel more efficiently while generating the same amount of thrust.

Chewing is important because it enables animals to break down and efficiently process many different kinds of vegetation.

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No system can perform efficiently when one is looking for a needle in a haystack by checking each straw individually.

Ingesting this slower air allows an engine to burn its fuel more efficiently while generating the same amount of thrust.

Chewing is important because it enables animals to break down and efficiently process many different kinds of vegetation.

To go farther into space, humans will first have to figure out how to get there cheaply and more efficiently.

The butterflies' similar appearance imparts the don't-eat-us lesson more efficiently.

In general, some nutrients cannot be efficiently absorbed by plant roots if soil pH is too high.

The newly discovered chemical reactions would allow plants to process carbon dioxide more efficiently.

In essence, the shelves in its shops are a highly efficiently managed depot.

Green plants have been using photosynthesis for billions of years to efficiently convert sunlight into energy.

He said the genetic mutation seems to make people sleep more efficiently.

Perhaps some kids need to be guided to work more efficiently.

The duo of smartphones were used to test and investigate how humans and robots can coexist in space more efficiently.

It helps enormously, of course, if you know how to cut and slice and chop efficiently.

The exodus would help those left behind to expand their land holdings and use them more efficiently.

In nature, nutrients recycle efficiently on their own.

Thus, plants farmed organically used available nutrients more efficiently.

Rather, the dust grains simply reflect blue light more efficiently than red wavelengths.

The catalyst enables the electrolysis system to function efficiently at room temperature and at ordinary pressure.

They help him find you a pair of well-fitting trousers as efficiently as possibleMr.

Foreign aid could, in principle, be dispensed as efficiently by bilateral donors as multilateral ones.

Maintain your furnace or heating system to make sure it is running properly and efficiently.

He further notes that genetic engineering will produce fish that grow faster and convert feed to meat more efficiently.

The connections in a biological brain also work more efficiently.

Employees should know how to answer calls efficiently and in a friendly manner.

Real estate experts agree that marketing one's property efficiently requires meticulous attention to detail.

Finding ways to produce hydrogen cheaply and efficiently is an enormous task, as is shipping and storing it.

Update your building's lighting to make sure it uses energy efficiently.

The same goes for bloodwork, obvious things get handled well and efficiently.

Our brains are incredibly agile machines, and it,s hard to think of anything they do more efficiently than recognize faces.

Supporters claim that the change will help governments and bureaucrats to plan more efficiently.

But the relief effort is moving more smoothly and efficiently than has been portrayed in news reports, he said.

By generating about one ton of pellets every day, they are changing the view that such recycling could not be done efficiently.

Enter the inflatable boat, which not only stows away nicely but travels efficiently in its own bag.

So developing a financial system that can intermediate between savers and borrowers effectively and efficiently is crucial.

In many instances, you may be able to cut energy costs by using your existing appliances more efficiently.

Solar power can compress air into carbon-fiber tanks to power cars and homes efficiently without pollution.

Bra cups need to be retooled to handle their loads more efficiently.

And then there is the need to move some fences around, a bit at a time, so that grazing land can be used efficiently.

The structure helps sharks swim efficiently and minimizes the area to which organisms can adhere.

Such abnormal hemoglobins often do not transport oxygen efficiently and may also be unstable.

That's a strong incentive for private companies to meet market demands efficiently.

Firms that have slimmed down their workforces and found ways to produce steel more efficiently have benefited the most.

More efficiently use existing water resources and better control salinization to improve arid lands.

Boroffice thinks space technology is the key to addressing such woes relatively cheaply and efficiently.

Private-equity and hedge-fund managers improve economic welfare by allocating capital more efficiently.

Serve soda and mixers from cans instead of plastic bottles because aluminum can be more efficiently recycled than plastic.

By collecting their e-mail addresses, she says a campaign can activate volunteers quickly and efficiently.

In a more liquid corporate-bond market, capital will be invested more efficiently.

Bashar and his reformers hope to modernize their operations and run them more efficiently.

Several managed-care organisations were given the job of administering the programme more efficiently.

Stainless steel and porcelain-enameled cast iron not only outlast but also cook more efficiently than chrome-plated aluminum.

The market will efficiently allocate money from your brokerage account into mine.

But larger primates have a metabolic advantage when it comes to walking, which they do more efficiently than their smaller kin.

Also, banks were never designed to efficiently redistribute wealth.

Adjust your computer settings to run efficiently during the day.

They would also take up less space on land, allowing depots to operate more efficiently.

The experiment was designed only to test the lasers' ability to heat the cylinder efficiently.

Audits are vital to investors, who need trustworthy accounts if they are to allocate capital efficiently.

So you're using that spring to keep running efficiently.

Pack lighter and travel more efficiently with this unique all-in-one adapter.

The ground is also drier and thus may propagate waves more efficiently.

For this to be feasible, the steam must be used as efficiently as possible.

Such injections can be given safely and efficiently to small numbers of animals in confined spaces, such as zoos.

As new airline baggage fees prompt travelers to pack lighter, packing efficiently becomes even more important.

Conduct your meeting not only efficiently but fairly.

The land must be level to ensure water is used efficiently and to help in controlling weeds.

Be prepared, but don't surround yourself with so much paper that you can't find the things you need quickly and efficiently.

The wavelike motion of energetic particles through photosynthetic systems enables plants to efficiently capture the sun's energy.

BitTorrent provided a way for the band to efficiently get the video out without paying a lot of money for bandwidth.

Also, uniformed workers fill thousands of jobs that could be performed more efficiently by civilians.

Recent research demonstrates how effectively and efficiently writing can improve comprehension of content in any discipline.

Photosynthetic microbes employ quantum coherence to efficiently channel the incoming energy from.

The technology can also help civilian emergency workers to communicate more efficiently.

Given tight times, all programs need to run as efficiently as possible.

You'd also need to figure out how to efficiently break it up into smaller easily playable files.

Clean the fan's filter once a month to ensure that it runs efficiently.

In the real world, perhaps the impossibility of efficiently solving these problems should be taken as a basic physical principle.

They are plastic attachments that permit you to connect two pieces of cardboard far more efficiently than tape or staples.

But many countries have demonstrated that food can be safely and efficiently produced without robbing the medicine chest.

Productivity is also dependent on how efficiently and effectively you work.

Rattan says that the cellular insults from exercise prompt the defense system to work more efficiently.

It's a job once done less efficiently and more dangerously by laborers wielding automatic knives.

Recognizing these patterns can help us diagnose disease more efficiently and prescribe medications more effectively.

Consequently, bumblebees pollinate these crops much more efficiently than honeybees do.

They are more efficiently functional than esthetically pleasing.

Sensors on buildings and bridges will run them efficiently and ensure they are safe.

Phages have been involved with bacteria for eons and they've figured out how to kill these organisms efficiently.

But researchers say lasers can ignite an internal combustion engine's fuel-air mixture far more efficiently than spark plugs.

And even increasing the size of the force won't make a dramatic difference unless officers are deployed more efficiently.

People armed with scanners, such as mediascouter, can easily and efficiently find the value of reselling online.

One theory is that a concentration of magma in a few areas efficiently drives hydrothermal venting along the ridge.

If ethanol can be burned more efficiently to reduce ozone emissions, then the biofuel might still have environmental advantages.

Warm, contaminated air is pushed upward to the ceiling, where it can be efficiently extracted by an exhaust air system.

Companies that do so use computers more efficiently and thus reduce not only their costs but also their carbon footprints.

They may not be able to run, jump or speak, but they can efficiently move shelves laden with heavy inventory and clean up messes.

Bogarde contemptuously submits to therapy and efficiently seduces his nervous hostess.

It allows people to do things efficiently and not need other people".

He then applied what he had observed to the business of building automobiles, lots of them, quickly and efficiently.

For many years, she worked efficiently as supervisor of an advertising firm, spending her spare time working in community theater.

Some irrigation networks held in common were more efficiently run than the public and private systems that worked alongside them.

The properties of fruit waste may even help your compost heap decompose more efficiently.

Boeing is exploring the technologies to more efficiently integrate the work of partners involved in airplane design.

And it is infuriating, though not surprising, to witness how efficiently it is wiped away.

So drivers of cars whose engines can switch efficiently between mixtures will be able to shop around.

If this is enlarged with minimal loss of streamline you can even go faster, or use your strength more efficiently.

It's already a digital-age dilemma that there is too much information for humans to scan efficiently.

Communities and private charities can help the poor more effectively and efficiently than the government.

Manufacturers will manage supply chains more efficiently.

If you can't efficiently close the distance between yourself and a ranged attacker, you will eventually get killed.

The old swivel search had no visuals and didn't provide immediate information that could help a user choose efficiently.

Your article should have stressed that pellet stoves pose lower health risks because they burn more efficiently and cleanly.

Better functioning water markets would be one way to share out water more efficiently.

Insoluble fiber moves food efficiently through the digestive system.

He works briskly and efficiently to lay out the details of a case based on a real story.

Cricket is a business that should be managed efficiently and transparently.

But researchers are running tests of agent-based systems to see if planes could self-organize safely and efficiently.

In truth, the elevators were moving far more efficiently than under the previous system.

Humans may be advertising themselves more efficiently.

Then set them to operate as efficiently as possible.

Efficiently raised, affordable crops and livestock feed our growing population, and hunger has largely been.

The reactor ran efficiently for five years until the experiment was ended.

Even more important, look for ways to use water in agriculture more efficiently.

However, when peat is wet or frozen, it transmits heat efficiently from the ground into the.

The article claims that this theory allows particle physicists to more efficiently conduct simulations.

As a result, its vehicles may not have been running as efficiently as they should, resulting in lower gas mileage.

Xstrata's skill has been in buying lower-quality mines and running them more efficiently.

Some items can be recycled more efficiently than others.

However, the trick is that the buildings must be built more efficiently.

The human brain can tackle simple, pattern-based problems far more efficiently than a computer.

The appropriate messengers will then be efficiently mugged and the gene in question silenced.

They sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers and stroke efficiently with their long arms.

In another terms, they will be efficiently allert only at night, being less allert during daylight.

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World English Dictionary

efficient (ɪˈfɪʃənt)

—*adj*
1.	functioning or producing effectively and with the least waste of effort; competent
2.	philosophy producing a direct effect; causative

[C14: from Latin efficiēns effecting]

ef'ficiently

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

efficient

late 14c., "making," from L. efficientem (nom. efficiens), prp. of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Related: Efficiently

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