"smoothly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈsmuːðli/ Audio: en-us-smoothly.ogg [US] Forms: smoothlier [comparative], more smoothly [comparative], smoothliest [superlative], most smoothly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English smoþely; equivalent to smooth + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smoþely}} Middle English smoþely, {{suffix|en|smooth|ly}} smooth + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} smoothly (comparative smoothlier or more smoothly, superlative smoothliest or most smoothly)
  1. in a smooth manner Translations (in a smooth manner): suaument (Catalan), plynule (Czech), glate (Esperanto), tasaisesti (Finnish), sujuvasti (Finnish), souplement (French), doucement (French), ομαλά (omalá) (Greek), facilmente (Italian), agevolmente (Italian), fluidamente (Italian), tranquillamente (Italian), glatt (Norwegian Bokmål), glatt (Norwegian Nynorsk), gładko (Polish), suavemente (Portuguese), пла́вно (plávno) (Russian), гла́дко (gládko) (Russian), suavemente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smoothly-en-adv-9Iaj9fLx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "in a smooth manner",
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      "sense": "in a smooth manner",
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      "sense": "in a smooth manner",
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      "sense": "in a smooth manner",
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