Successfully: Meaning, Examples, and Usage

Meaning 1：in a successful way (successfully)

successfully 🔊

/səkˈsɛsfəli/

adv.

in a way that you finish a task or reach a goal as planned or hoped for.

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in a successful way 🔊

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/ɪn ə səkˈsɛsfəl weɪ/

adv.

In a manner that achieves a desired goal or produces a favorable outcome.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From success (Latin successus, from succedere) + -ful + -ly.

💡 Mnemonic

Success + fully = full of success. Imagine a cup filled to the brim with success.

📖 Example

After many lessons, she successfully passed her driving test on the first attempt. 🔊 After many lessons, she successfully passed her driving test on the first attempt.

🔗 Collocations

successfully complete – To finish something with a positive result.

successfully achieve – To attain a desired goal.

successfully pass – To succeed in an examination or test.

🔄 Synonyms

effectively (adv.) – In a way that produces the intended result.

triumphantly (adv.) – In a way that shows great success or victory.

victoriously (adv.) – In a manner of having won a competition or struggle.

🚫 Antonyms

unsuccessfully (adv.) – In a way that does not achieve the desired outcome.

in vain (adv. phrase) – Without success or result.

fruitlessly (adv.) – In a way that produces no useful result.

🌱 Derivatives

success (n.) – The accomplishment of an aim or purpose.

successful (adj.) – Having achieved a favorable outcome.

unsuccessful (adj.) – Not achieving the desired outcome.

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Latin 'successus' (from succedere 'to come after'), 'successfully' entered English via French, originally meaning a favorable sequence leading to desired outcome.