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[swim-ing-lee]

swim·ming·ly

[swim-ing-lee]
adverb
without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly: She passed the exam swimmingly.

Origin:
1615–25; swimming (in sense “progressing smoothly”) + -ly
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swimmingly (ˈswɪmɪŋlɪ)
 
adv
successfully, effortlessly, or well (esp in the phrase go swimmingly)

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  1. mod.
    quite nicely. : I'm having a fine time here. Everything is going along just swimmingly.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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