efficiently.

With little unnecessary use of time, effort or other resources for the relevant result.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• efficiently process
• efficiently allocate

On the page

The system efficiently processed the records but did not check their factual accuracy.

The resources were efficiently allocated under the objective the model specified.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: effect assessment, evidence qualification, conditional reasoning, method comparison. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, analytical writing. Commonness: moderately common.