efficiently
Americanadverb
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in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; capably or competently.
Getting this many people to pass information among themselves efficiently, let alone come up with a coherent plan that everybody understands, requires practice.
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in a satisfactory and economical way.
The product they are donating will give our volunteers the proper materials to build our homes as efficiently as possible.
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in a way that utilizes a particular resource with the least waste (usually used in combination).
The lighter your car is, the more fuel-efficiently it will drive.
Other Word Forms
- nonefficiently adverb
- quasi-efficiently adverb
- superefficiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of efficiently
Example Sentences
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DeepSeek published two research papers this month discussing a new training architecture that allows for development of larger models using fewer chips, and a memory design that makes models run more efficiently.
Together, these materials form a conductive network that helps electrical charges reach the light-emitting polymer layer more efficiently before forming excitons.
From Science Daily
This categorization of roles and responsibilities will naturally reveal which positions are unnecessary because they duplicate others’ work, operate less efficiently, or are simply no longer needed.
From MarketWatch
Over the next 10 years, the port plans to invest $3.2 billion in inland railroad connectivity to move goods faster and more efficiently.
From Los Angeles Times
This technique allows researchers to determine exactly how many bacteria are eliminated by a treatment and how efficiently that elimination occurs across an entire bacterial population.
From Science Daily
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