# successfully

Pronunciation: say "suhk-SES-fuh-lee" /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/

## Adverb

1. In a manner that achieves the intended result; with success and without failure.
   - Simple: In a way that reaches the goal you wanted, without failing.
   - _The surgeons successfully removed the tumor after a six-hour operation._
   - _He argued his case so well that the appeal was successfully overturned._

## Origin

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

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/successfully (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).