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smoothly

  • a word derived from smooth.
    smooth
    adjective
    free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough.

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That puts him on pace to finish sometime around mid-December — should everything go smoothly — nearly three years after he first began.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

First, the gamma-ray signal extended smoothly from more than 100 trillion electron volts down to 400 million electron volts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

"After upgrading the memory, I found it ran really smoothly, and I stopped wanting to buy a new computer," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Now it is migrating from the runways and red carpets to everyday shoppers—and it’s not exactly going smoothly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Gagarin’s craft stabilized and dropped smoothly into sunlight and blue sky.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin