successfully

suc·cess·ful·ly
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Canada, US, UK/səkˈsɛs.fə.li/Australia, New Zealand/səkˈses.fə.li/

adverb

In a successful manner; with success; without failing.

“He successfully climbed the mountain.”

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Meanings

adverbsuccessfully (comparative more successfully, superlative most successfully)

comparative more successfully · superlative most successfully

  1. 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 152

    A 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 CNN

    Synonyms: efficaciously, efficiently, favorably, satisfyingly, satisfactorily, adequately, agreeably, competently

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbwith success; in a successful manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishsuccessful
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishsuccessfully

From successful + -ly.

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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
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