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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of swimmingly

Hi

Is the use of swimmingly natural in these sentences?

Her emails read swimmingly.

The novel reads swimmingly.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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To me, no.

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Thanks, Mr. Wordy!

Please tell me a suitable adverb which I can use in the given instances.

Tom
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Mr. TomPlease tell me a suitable adverb which I can use in the given instances.
I guess the vanilla options would be:

"well"

"very well"

"extremely well"

Beyond this, I think the answer (if there is one) depends on exactly what shade of meaning you're aiming for.
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If your intention is to connote an easy style of writing that carries one away, I think 'swimmingly' is a good choice in both instances. But, if you're intention is to describe merely smooth or effective writing, I would probably go for 'smoothly' or 'well'.
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Hi,



I would say that the normal collocation for 'swimmingly' is with the verb 'go'.



eg My job interview went swimmingly.

Clive
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'Reads smoothly' would do swimmingly.
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