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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : swim-ing-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈswɪm ɪŋ li |
Definition of swimmingly
Origin :- "with steady, smooth progress," 1620s, from swimming + -ly (2).
- adv very well
- It gave Roland an advantage, and he went on swimmingly with his mischief.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- A man who sets to to form a library will go on swimmingly for a short way.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
- So matters go on swimmingly at the house of Madame Flamingo.
- Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
- We're getting along smoothly and swimmingly, just like a happy family.
- Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
- In this well-situated tenement, Mr Cophagus got on swimmingly.
- Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
- Things went on swimmingly then until that awful drought came.
- Extract from : « The Liberty Girl » by Rena I. Halsey
- You will find us getting on swimmingly when you come on in October.
- Extract from : « The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) » by Hazard Stevens
- "Then everything is going on swimmingly," said the countess clapping her hands.
- Extract from : « Balsamo, The Magician » by Alexander Dumas
- This extract—it is no more—from our conversation will show that it was going on swimmingly.
- Extract from : « The Great Miss Driver » by Anthony Hope
- In the mean time, I write to my friends in France that I am getting on swimmingly.
- Extract from : « John Bull, Junior » by Max O'Rell
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