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Successfully Moderate

Successfully has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

with success; in a successful manner

"she performed the surgery successfully"

2

In a successful manner; with success; without failing.

"She successfully completed the marathon despite her injured ankle, crossing the finish line before time ran out."

In plain English: Successfully means doing something well enough to reach your goal or finish it without problems.

"The team successfully completed the project ahead of schedule."

Usage: Use successfully to describe an action that achieves its intended goal or completes a task without failure, such as passing an exam or launching a product. It functions as an adverb modifying verbs and can also modify other adjectives like "successful" in phrases describing outcomes.

Example Sentences
"The team successfully completed the project ahead of schedule." adv
"She successfully completed her marathon in under four hours." adv
"The team successfully launched the new product ahead of schedule." adv
"He managed to successfully resolve the conflict with his neighbor." adv
Related Terms
Antonyms
unsuccessfully

Origin

Successfully is formed by adding the suffix -ly to the word successful. This construction simply turns the adjective into an adverb describing how something was done.

Rhyming Words
lly ally illy elly olly tilly felly cilly colly dilly nelly gelly pilly dally pelly lally gally jilly mally celly
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