successfully

English

Etymology

From successful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: suc‧cess‧ful‧ly

Adverb

successfully (comparative more successfully, superlative most successfully)

1. In a successful manner; with success; without failing.

   He successfully climbed the mountain.

   They successfully completed their project together.

   • 1964 March, “Coal concentration in Birmingham”, in Modern Railways, page 152:

     Traders have been successfully indoctrinated with the necessity of quick unloading - or else seeing their coal hauled away again - […]

   • 2025 April 7, Katie Hunt, “Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf”, in CNN‎:

     A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

Synonyms

• efficaciously, efficiently, favorably, satisfyingly, satisfactorily, adequately, agreeably, competently, capably, proficiently, properly

Derived terms

• task failed successfully

Translations

in a successful manner

Arabic: بِنَجَاحٍ (binajāḥin) Czech: úspěšně (cs) Dutch: met succes Esperanto: sukcese Estonian: edukalt Finnish: onnistuneesti (fi), menestyksellisesti (fi) French: avec succès Georgian: წარმატებულად (c̣armaṭebulad) German: erfolgreich (de) Greek: επιτυχώς (el) (epitychós) Hungarian: sikeresen (hu) Italian: con successo Lithuanian: sėkmingai Portuguese: com sucesso Russian: успе́шно (ru) (uspéšno) Spanish: exitosamente