See swimmingly on Wiktionary
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"text": "[T]he negociation goes on swimmingly—inasmuch as there is no prospect of its ever coming to a close. Nothing is lost by these delays and obstacles but time; and in a negociation, according to the theory I have exposed, all time lost, is in reality so much time gained—with what delightful paradoxes, does the modern arcana of political economy abound!",
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"ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IX, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 141:",
"text": "She had a turn for narrative, I for analysis; she liked to inform, I to question; so we got on swimmingly together, deriving much entertainment, if not much improvement, from our mutual intercourse.",
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"ref": "1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], chapter III, in A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC, book V, page 24:",
"text": "[T]he negociation goes on swimmingly—inasmuch as there is no prospect of its ever coming to a close. Nothing is lost by these delays and obstacles but time; and in a negociation, according to the theory I have exposed, all time lost, is in reality so much time gained—with what delightful paradoxes, does the modern arcana of political economy abound!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IX, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 141:",
"text": "She had a turn for narrative, I for analysis; she liked to inform, I to question; so we got on swimmingly together, deriving much entertainment, if not much improvement, from our mutual intercourse.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1888, George MacDonald, “The Gambler and the Collector”, in The Elect Lady, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. […], →OCLC, page 211:",
"text": "Things went swimmingly with George. He had weathered a crisis, and was now full of confidence, as well as the show of it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1917, Christopher Morley, chapter 12, in Parnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, pages 153–154:",
"text": "[A]t any rate I got along swimmingly. The travelling men, after a moment or two of embarrassed diffidence, treated me quite as one of themselves and asked me about my \"line\" with interest.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2001 July 2, Daniel Kadlec, “Finally, Help with Your 401(k)”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-06-30:",
"text": "If all goes swimmingly, the bill could reach the President's desk by year end.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In a very favourable manner; without difficulty; agreeably, successfully."
],
"links": [
[
"favourable",
"favourable"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
],
[
"agreeably",
"agreeably"
],
[
"successfully",
"successfully"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, informal) In a very favourable manner; without difficulty; agreeably, successfully."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "like clockwork"
},
{
"word": "smoothly"
},
{
"word": "without a hitch"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈswɪmɪŋli/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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{
"ipa": "/ˈswɪmɪŋli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɡli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with a gliding motion suggesting swimming",
"word": "sulavasti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with a gliding motion suggesting swimming",
"word": "fließend"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gladko",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "гладко"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kato po voda",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "като по вода"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "com l'anell al dit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "van een leien dakje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "als een tierelier"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "sujuvasti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "juohevasti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "putkeen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "kuin tanssi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "comme sur des roulettes"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavisuplad",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "თავისუფლად"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "einwandfrei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "glänzend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "glatt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "wie am Schnürchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "wie geschmiert"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "mint a karikacsapás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "simán"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "könnyedén"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "go seoigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "dolcemente"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "jak z płatka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "com bom successo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "sem impedimento"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "как по ма́слу (kak po máslu, literally “like on oil”)",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "a las mil maravillas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "a pedir de boca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "como la seda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "de maravilla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "de perlas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "famosamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "sobre ruedas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "gå som på räls"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "gå som smort"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "med god fortgång"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jak po maslu",
"sense": "in a very favourable manner",
"word": "як по маслу"
}
],
"word": "swimmingly"
}
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