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smoothly

/ˈsmuːðli/ adverb A2
  1. In a smooth manner; smooth. · talk smoothly· The plans didn't go/run as smoothly as we'd hoped.

Comparative smoothlier · Superlative smoothliest

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That was three weeks ago and all had gone smoothly so far.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 110 · C1
Everything, however, went on smoothly, and was finally settled according to Charlotte’s first sketch.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 175 · B2
And yet the course of true love does not run quite as smoothly as one would under the circumstances expect.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 105 · C1
Today went far more smoothly, although the surgeon struck again with a baseball joke that I am convinced cannot be translated into any language on earth.
An Interpreter's Diary, p. 1 · C2

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