Meanings
comparative more successfully · superlative most successfully
- In a successful manner; with success; without failing.
He successfully climbed the mountain.
3 more examples
They successfully completed their project together.
Traders have been successfully indoctrinated with the necessity of quick unloading - or else seeing their coal hauled away again - […]
1964 March, “Coal concentration in Birmingham”, in Modern Railways, page 152A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.
2025 April 7, Katie Hunt, “Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf”, in CNNSynonyms: efficaciously, efficiently, favorably, satisfyingly, satisfactorily, adequately, agreeably, competently
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a successful manner; with success; without failing.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwith success; in a successful manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsuccessful
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishsuccessfully
From successful + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِنَجَاحٍ
- بِنَجَاحٍ (binajāḥin)in a successful manner
Czech úspěšně
- úspěšněin a successful manner
Dutch met succes
- met succesin a successful manner
Esperanto sukcese
- sukcesein a successful manner
Estonian edukalt
- edukaltin a successful manner
Finnish onnistuneesti, menestyksellisesti
- onnistuneestiin a successful manner
- menestyksellisestiin a successful manner
French avec succès
- avec succèsin a successful manner
German erfolgreich
- erfolgreichin a successful manner
Greek επιτυχώς
- επιτυχώς (epitychós)in a successful manner
Hungarian sikeresen
- sikeresenin a successful manner
Italian con successo
- con successoin a successful manner
Lithuanian sėkmingai
- sėkmingaiin a successful manner
Portuguese com sucesso
- com sucessoin a successful manner
Russian успе́шно
- успе́шно (uspéšno)in a successful manner
Spanish exitosamente
- exitosamentein a successful manner
Cite this entry
successfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successfully
“successfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successfully. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “successfully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successfully.
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