successfullyadv.
/səkˈsɛsfᵿli/, /səkˈsɛsfl̩i/, U.S. /səkˈsɛsfəli/ 1. † b. to look successfully: to seem likely to succeed. Obsolete. rare.
a. In a successful manner; with success.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adverb]
wellOE
successively1582
successfully1594
indefectibly1837
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 194 I haue beene thy souldier fortie yeares, And led my Countries strength succesfullie . View more context for this quotation
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 18 In order to move him the more successfully thereto, they procured the Pope to write a Letter himself to his Highness.
1709 Tatler No. 24 He is very successfully loud among the Wits.
1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 27 A domestic..cut his throat, but not successfully.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner i. 8 His..phlegmatic calm successfully concealed the fact.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > seem likely to succeed
to look successfullya1616
promisea1616
bode1676
augur1855
to give (also display, show, etc.) promise1886
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 143 He is too yong: yet he looks successefully . View more context for this quotation
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adverb]
aboutOE
by rewc1225
by ordera1382
sue?a1425
in orderc1425
successively1439
suingly1453
seriatly?a1475
consequently1477
seriatim1495
in sequencea1575
successive1593
succeedingly1602
consequentially1607
subalternately1632
successfully1651
epassyterotically1652
consequent1692
serially1841
consecutively1847
solid1938
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert Pref. Brief hints such as, if all the arguments were successfully read, would make him easily remember the mutual dependencies of the general design.
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