how to pronounce smoothly

/ˈsmuðliː/

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smoothly is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of smoothly in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… didn't move forward smoothly as monarchs …”

meanings of smoothly

adverb:

In a smooth manner.

smoothly frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word smoothly occurs in english on average 9.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics smoothly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that smoothly can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;