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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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The market rarely runs smoothly, and some years see a negative return, so nothing is guaranteed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

After graduating from college in 2021, Jeremy Li got his first job at a film company relatively smoothly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Doctors, good doctors, are needed to help make sure that the process goes as smoothly as possible — and that the condemned person does not suffer needlessly.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

But he said there were plans for a "variety of scenarios" and used an example of getting elderly citizens out of cities "smoothly" and avoiding traffic jams.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The testimony did not go quite as smoothly as Priddy had planned.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee