smoothly

English

Etymology

From Middle English smoþely; equivalent to smooth ‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuːðli/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: smooth‧ly

Adverb

smoothly (comparative smoothlier or more smoothly, superlative smoothliest or most smoothly)

1. in a smooth manner

   talk smoothly

   The plans didn't go as smoothly as we'd hoped.

Translations

in a smooth manner

• Catalan: suaument (ca)
• Czech: plynule
• Esperanto: glate
• Finnish: tasaisesti (fi), sujuvasti (fi)
• French: souplement (fr), doucement (fr)
• German: glatt (de)
• Greek: ομαλά (el) (omalá)
• Italian: facilmente (it), agevolmente (it), fluidamente (it), tranquillamente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glatt (no)

  Nynorsk: glatt

• Polish: gładko (pl)
• Portuguese: suavemente (pt)
• Russian: пла́вно (ru) (plávno), гла́дко (ru) (gládko)
• Spanish: suavemente (es)