SMOOTHLY in a Sentence

Learn SMOOTHLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
261 example sentences for SMOOTHLY, such as:
1. The water was as smooth as glass.
2. The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
3. The course of true love never did run smooth.
4. Now I suppose things will move along smoothly.
5. I want this shop to run as smoothly as possible.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SMOOTHLY
smoothly
 ad.  in a smooth and diplomatic manner
 ad.  with no problems or difficulties
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But for all the modesty of her spreading skirts, the demureness of hair netted smoothly into a chignon and the quietness of small white hands folded in her lap, her true self was poorly concealed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  We had better have prayers now, interrupted Ellen so smoothly that, if Scarlett had not known her mother well, the interruption would have passed unnoticed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  "Play 'My Old Kentucky Home,'" he suggested smoothly, and Scarlett gratefully plunged into it.'
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  "Yes, I'm sure he is," said Rhett smoothly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
5  Scarlett held her peace, for it was easier to let well enough alone, and life went on smoothly enough, on the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
6  She was noticeable equally in the classroom grind and at dances, though out of the three hundred students of Blodgett, scores recited more accurately and dozens Bostoned more smoothly.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  Please try it on, said Mrs. Swiftwaite, more smoothly than ever.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
8  Her black suit fitted her figure smoothly, and a black lace hat, with pale-blue forget-me-nots, sat demurely on her yellow hair.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: II
9  Things went on without very smoothly indeed, but within there was trouble.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
10  I saw no whipping of men; but all seemed to go smoothly on.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
11  Now I suppose things will move along smoothly.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
12  Even in the best, most friendly and simplest relations of life, praise and commendation are essential, just as grease is necessary to wheels that they may run smoothly.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII
13  Behind them, wearing a smile and leaning over with an ear to Julie's mouth, was Boris' handsome smoothly brushed head.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII
14  And despite his self-confidence and grumpy German sarcasm he was pitiable, with his hair smoothly brushed on the temples and sticking up in tufts behind.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XI
15  Kutuzov was impatiently urging on his horse, which ambled smoothly under his weight, and he raised his hand to his white Horse Guard's cap with a red band and no peak, nodding his head continually.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
2  Civilians assume, wrongly, that everything in the military runs smoothly.
3  A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
4  The different components all have to interface smoothly.
5  I want this shop to run as smoothly as possible.
6  The reel of silk has run smoothly enough so far; but I always knew there would come a knot and a puzzle.
7  You rebuff his invitation so smoothly that he does not realize he is snubbed.
8  So far the peace process has gone far more smoothly than anyone expected but there are major obstacles ahead.
9  He was, of course, both humane and probably even saintly, but like another giant of history, he was also a shrewd and smoothly manipulative politician with a keen strategic grasp of pragmatic possibilities.
10  The negotiators hoped to effect a smooth transition to an interim administration.
11  Staff helped smooth the way for the new administration.
12  The bed will be more comfortable if you smooth out the sheets.
13  The course of true love never did run smooth.
14  Mix the powder with enough water to make a smooth paste.
15  The water was as smooth as glass.