efficiently

[ih-fish-uhnt-lee]

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of efficiently¹

efficient ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Labor productivity is the measure of how efficiently workers generate goods and services.

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Vermant's group is now working with Shell and other partners to understand how to break down these foams efficiently.

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Immediately, the government demanded Bom explain how taxpayers' money had been spent "efficiently and appropriately," according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Possible solutions include producing large amounts of islet cells in the laboratory from pluripotent human stem cells or developing methods that help transplanted donor islets survive longer and function more efficiently after transplantation.

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For execution or routine work, homogenous teams often get the job done more efficiently.

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