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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At first, this new field played a key role in the Industrial Revolution by explaining how heat could be converted efficiently into useful work, such as powering steam engines.
From Science Daily
Throttling back state support for companies would allow the market to play a bigger role in more efficiently directing China’s money to where it is needed, she said.
They increasingly want higher-value foods that the U.S. cannot produce efficiently or at scale, such as winter tomatoes, specialty nuts, abundant beef and seafood, and climate-constrained products like chocolate and coffee.
From Barron's
Looking ahead, the team is exploring how the framework could help guide experimental design by actively selecting which data to collect in order to reveal a system's structure more efficiently.
From Science Daily
Sometimes something happens that causes academics, traders, and Wall Street veterans to question the market’s ability to allocate capital and price assets efficiently.
From Barron's
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