efficiently

In streamlined fashion

Efficiently means in a way that achieves results without wasting time, effort, or resources.

Something done efficiently produces maximum output with minimum input: The new system processes orders more efficiently.

The word often implies competence and organization: She efficiently handled three tasks at once.

productivity

workflow

Sequential task progression

organized · methodical · prioritized · deadline · scheduling · goal-oriented · focused · diligent · industrious · multitasking

competence

proficiently

With practiced skill

expertly · competently · masterfully · dexterously · professionally · precisely · accurately · reliably · consistently · flawlessly

movement

smoothly

Without friction or difficulty

effortlessly · gracefully · aerodynamically · frictionlessly · sleekly · gliding · flowing · unimpeded · briskly · nimbly

technical

algorithm

Finite problem-solving procedure

processing · execution · parallelism · scalability · bandwidth · latency · caching · indexing · compression · allocation

resource

conserving

Protecting from depletion

recycling · lean · thrifty · prudent · sparingly · judiciously · rationing · budgeting · maximizing · stretching

Categories
Opposites
resource utilization

efficientlyinefficiently

In unproductive manner

wastefully · extravagantly · uneconomically · profligately · lavishly

skill and competence

efficientlyincompetently

Without adequate skill

clumsily · awkwardly · unskillfully · ineptly · badly

speed and productivity

efficientlyslowly

At reduced speed

laboriously · sluggishly · tediously · painstakingly · unproductively

Phrases
Family

efficient, inefficient, inefficiently

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G