as in effortlessly
without difficulty
we proceeded smoothly to the next stage of the project
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Adverb
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Contemporary pundits applauded or bemoaned how visual culture undermined the ancien régime (itself a new term) by turning it into an easily accessible object of study and scorn.—
Marjoleine Kars,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025 -
No such thing as an all-American car Depending on how the tariffs are imposed, price increases could hit cars built at American auto plants, all of which have Canadian and Mexican parts that can not easily be replaced.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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These Are My Kitchen Gear Essentials Meal kits make cooking easy, and these kitchen must-haves make the process even easier.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
12 Feb. 2025
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Having one non-negotiable dinner per month keeps scheduling easy.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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This comes as no surprise, for they are uniquely positioned to efficiently produce beef due to their proximity to key feed ingredients and infrastructure.—
Arturo Macias Franco,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Long-range planners constantly evaluate whether ships, aircraft, facilities, and equipment are being used effectively and efficiently.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Ebola, in 2014, killed only two people in the U.S., but allowing the virus, the death rate of which can be as high as 90 percent, to freely spread across America would have been catastrophic.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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And as McCarthy’s activities stoked fears of anticommunist subversion, thousands of additional Americans, by some estimates, lost their jobs, their freedom to speak or travel freely, and even their lives for being suspected of left-wing beliefs or associations.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Smoothly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoothly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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