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# successfully

adverb

«successfully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Successfully means in a way that achieves what you wanted or planned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#m1)
2. Successfully means without failing or going wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school it is used for finishing tasks: «You have successfully completed the test». In science reports: «The experiment worked successfully». On computers and apps: «File saved successfully». In maths problems it may tell how many tries worked: «she successfully scored 7 of her 10 shots».

### Examples

- She successfully climbed to the top of the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x1)
- The rocket was launched successfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x2)
- You have successfully logged in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x3)
- The class successfully grew beans from seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x4)
- He successfully passed his swimming test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x5)
- Of the 20 free throws, Tom successfully scored 15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x6)
- The firefighters successfully rescued the cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x7)
- The plan worked successfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x8)
- Peter had made the journey to the treasure mountain successfully, without being found out by anybody. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: two «c», two «s», then «-fully» with two «l»: successfully. Adjective: successful; noun: success; opposite: unsuccessfully. In maths, «successfully scored 15 of 20» means 15 successes and 5 misses.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «successfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successfully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«successfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/successfully.html) on Mova free.