Dictionary Entry
In a way that is free from difficulties or problems.
In a Sentence
“The car drove smoothly over the newly paved road, making the journey very pleasant.”
Origin
From Middle English 'smothe' meaning smooth, and the adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “smoothly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →On which, without pause, up the telegraph line
Swept smoothly the next news from Gaeta : -- Shot.
Tell his mother. Ah, ah, ` his, ' ` their ' mother, -- not ` mine, '
Read full poem →trading in furs, reported to his people that, though he spoke
smoothly, "he saw by his eyes that he was angry in his heart."
Seeing their plot discovered, the conspiring chiefs made no attempt
Read full poem →' Bring home increase of milk. And, as the year
; Grows lush in juicy stalks, 1*11 smoothly steer
' My little boat, for many quiet hours,
Read full poem →This is your birthday, Tom, and I rejoice
That thus it passes smoothly, quietly:
Many such eves of gently whispering noise
Read full poem →This is your birth-day Tom, and I rejoice
That thus it passes smoothly, quietly.
Many such eves of gently whisp'ring noise
Read full poem →The Windes with wonder whist,
Smoothly the waters kist,
Whispering new joyes to the milde Ocean,
Read full poem →The winds, with wonder whist,
Smoothly the waters kissed, 65
Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean,
Read full poem →Yet never a breeze did breathe:
Slowly and smoothly went the ship,
Moved onward from beneath.
Read full poem →Yet never a breeze did breathe:
Slowly and smoothly went the ship
Mov’d onward from beneath.