Antonyms for smoothly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : smooth |
| Phonetic Transcription : smuð |
Definition of smoothly
Origin :- 1520s, "in a smooth manner, blandly," from smooth (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "without impediment or complications" is from 1660s.
- adv flatly
- adv very well
- Presently she reappeared, and with her, smoothly talking her down, came the young man.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- It doesn't strike you that they went off a little too smoothly, does it?'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- This was a wide stream, smoothly hurrying, without rapids or tumult.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Then mix it smoothly with the yeast, and stir it into the household flour.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- His garments clung as tightly and smoothly as if he had been kneaded into them—as, indeed, he had.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- Was it complacence or suspicion that stirred the liquid in the cyst so smoothly?
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- “I have several things to say to you, one at a time,” replied Haig smoothly.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- Bones are then covered with a light wrapping of tow, placed lightly and smoothly.
- Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
- "No, it is not the consulate," said Pachmann smoothly, and turned to Vard.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- It is as well made as any line in England, and the carriages run as smoothly.
- Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
Synonyms for smoothly
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