efficiently

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English efficient
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English efficiently

    From efficient + -ly.

    Adverb

    efficiently (comparative more efficiently, superlative most efficiently)

    1. In an efficient manner.
      • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎[1], archived from the original on 6 January 2012:
        The second half was a less open affair, in which West Brom grew increasingly and efficiently conservative.

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