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Princeton's WordNet

  1. smoothly, swimminglyadverb

    with no problems or difficulties

    "put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly"; "despite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly"

  2. smoothlyadverb

    in a smooth and diplomatic manner

    "`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'"

Wiktionary

  1. smoothlyadverb

    in a smooth manner

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Smoothlyadverb

    Etymology: from smooth.

    The musick of that murm’ring spring
    Is not so mournful as the strains you sing;
    Nor rivers winding through the vales below
    So sweetly warble, or so smoothly flow. Alexander Pope.

    Had Joshua been mindful, the fraud of the Gibeonites could not so smoothly have past unespied ’till there was no help. Hook.

Wikipedia

  1. smoothly

    In statistics and image processing, to smooth a data set is to create an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena. In smoothing, the data points of a signal are modified so individual points higher than the adjacent points (presumably because of noise) are reduced, and points that are lower than the adjacent points are increased leading to a smoother signal. Smoothing may be used in two important ways that can aid in data analysis (1) by being able to extract more information from the data as long as the assumption of smoothing is reasonable and (2) by being able to provide analyses that are both flexible and robust. Many different algorithms are used in smoothing.

ChatGPT

  1. smoothly

    Smoothly is defined as a process, action, or movement that is performed effortlessly, flawlessly and without any interruptions, difficulties or setbacks. It often implies a gentle and seamless flow or transition from one state, condition or phase to another that is free from any abruptness, harshness or jerky movement. "Smoothly" is often used to describe actions or situations that are handled with great skill, ease and efficiency in such a way that avoid conflicts or any form of disturbances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Smoothlyadverb

    in a smooth manner

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of smoothly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of smoothly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of smoothly in a Sentence

  1. The IEA:

    On the face of it, the oil price appears to be stabilizing. What a precarious balance it is, however, behind the façade of stability, the rebalancing triggered by the price collapse has yet to run its course, and it might be overly optimistic to expect it to proceed smoothly.

  2. Ashton Carter:

    It takes, as is frequently noted, a network to fight a network. This is going to be our network for fighting ISIL on a regional and, indeed, a global basis, that's the reality -- the recognition of that (is) behind the concept of linking together American counterterrorism and military nodes in the region and around the world so that they operate more smoothly together, so that they can focus on this network wherever it is.

  3. Alexander Schallenberg:

    In the long term, the cooperation( in the coalition) will only work if we rebuild basic trust, it has to be assumed that everything will not go smoothly, that there will be other voices as well.

  4. Imam Talal Eid:

    Do we need to wait for a tragedy to happen? we need to allow more moderate Muslim voices so that life can go smoothly in our society.

  5. Andreas Preuss:

    The mood is concentrated but confident that it will go smoothly, network frequency is stable, reserve load is being called on.

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