Definition of "swimmingly" [swim•ming•ly]

• With great ease and success: Things are going swimmingly. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Things are already so rancorous between the Tories and the Lib Dems -- despite public protestations that talks are going "swimmingly" -- that it would be little surprise if we had a second general election within months."
• "No new love, but the same old love is going swimmingly, which is just as good."
• ""If things go swimmingly, which is always my hope, then that cost would be lessened by a large amount," he remarked."