swimmingly

adv

Etymology: From swimming (“(adj.) moving in water as an ordinary means of motion; without difficulty”) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).

1. With a gliding motion suggesting swimming.

   “Bear your Hips ſwimmingly, tholl loll, loll, / Keep your Eyes languiſhing, tholl loll, loll, […]”

   “By the angels who tear forth the ſouls of ſome with violence; and by thoſe who draw forth the ſouls of others with gentleneſs; by thoſe who glide ſwimmingly through the air with the commands of God; […]: on a certain day, the diſturbing blaſt of the trumpet ſhall diſturb the univerſe; and the ſubſequent blaſt ſhall follow it.”

2. In a very favorable manner; without difficulty; agreeably, successfully.

   “[…] I'faith; how ſwimmingly would this pretty little / Ambling Filly carry a man of my body!”

   “The secretary would not go so far to satisfy the whigs in the house of commons; but there all went swimmingly.”