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Etymology

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From successful +‎ -ly.

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  • IPA(key): /səkˈsɛsfəli/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: suc‧cess‧ful‧ly

Adverb

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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[1]:
      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.

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