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efficiently

adverb
Sayi-FISH-uhnt-lee/ɪˈfɪʃəntli/

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  1. 1
    adverb
    In a manner that accomplishes a task well while wasting little time, effort, or resources.

    Like a well-tuned engine that turns almost all its fuel into motion instead of heat.

    The plant was redesigned so that materials move efficiently from one stage to the next.

    He manages his schedule efficiently and rarely misses a deadline.

    Similareffectively, economically, productively, smoothly, competently

    Oppositeinefficiently, wastefully, ineffectively

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Origin

Formed from "efficient" combined with the suffix "-ly".