Chris Sullivan

I think in telling a good story there has to be ups and downs with any character, and you can't just have everything go swimmingly and you can't just have characters who are supposed to be in a romantic relationship just getting into an argument every episode.

American Actor

George R. R. Martin

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

American Author

Hugh Grant

I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic panic attacks. It'll be in a very easy, simple scene when everything is going swimmingly, and then suddenly, bang, I'm shvitzing and can't remember my lines.

English Actor

Julie Foudy

It is so easy to be pleasant and charming and positive when life is going swimmingly well. You are winning. You are healthy. You are happy. But what happens when life throws darts at you?

American Athlete

Bear Grylls

My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.

British Explorer

Use 'swimmingly' when you want to express that things are proceeding better than expected and with positive results.

Positive Feeling

'Swimmingly' is casual and often used in social situations or personal updates, not in very formal writing.

Informal Contexts

Despite involving 'swimming,' it's not literal and doesn't relate to water, but to smooth progress.

Figurative Usage

 At birth, human babies are even wetter. Being 75% water, they are swimmingly similar to fish. But their water composition drops to 65% by their first birthday. So what role does water play in our bodies, and how much do we actually need to drink to stay healthy?

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 and begin to repair them. The Italians have a wonderful expression for “Lupus in fabula.” The wolf in the fairytale. Just when life is going swimmingly,

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 feeling the pressure as well yes everything is going swimmingly well we heard some Franklin's alarming we sent the drone in after them now that

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