swimmingly

swimmingly

Very well; easily, smoothly, and steadily. The project has been going swimmingly so far, with no major delays or obstacles. I was nervous introducing my boyfriend to my dad, but the two are getting along swimmingly.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

swimmingly

mod. quite nicely. I’m having a fine time here. Everything is going along just swimmingly.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • go off without a hitch
  • oil the wheels
  • without a hitch
  • clear sailing
  • grease the wheels
  • as a duck takes to water
  • a hair in the butter
  • pur
  • purr like a cat
  • purr like a kitten
References in periodicals archive
Wearing a hard hat and waving two Union flags, things seemed to go swimmingly at first.
Ask the powers that be: Muslim integration into Europe is going swimmingly. (Actually, it's going like a house on fire, not to mention a bus, a lot of cars and two towers on fire.) They are in denial.
Gaga's trip to Asia hasn't all gone swimmingly though.
Everything was going swimmingly until my dad decided to pay me a visit.
And for much of the three-mile journey, all went swimmingly. Jockey Sam Waley-Cohen was happy to take a lead off The Giant Bolster and when that one weakened, Long Run eased to the front.
Jackson said the filming for the Avengers was going "swimmingly well" and something that he is really enjoying: "It's kind of cool to be in a room with a whole bunch of superheroes and have a big smile on your face like a kid.
GOING SWIMMINGLY - Citroen's new Splash C1 city car offers plenty of extras, including air con, at a reduced price
NEW YORK Things are going swimmingly for "The Little Mermaid." In a week when many Broadway offerings began to experience the usual pre-Christmas slide the previewing Disney tuner jumped by more than $350,000 to hit $1,024,744.
Not that large companies are doing swimmingly on data-driven decision-making, either.
Everything appears to be going along swimmingly and then--crash, bang, alakazam!--they are out on the sidewalk dusting off their wounds like cartoon characters on the wrong side of inevitability.
Though Westmoreland jokes that he and Glatzer "put the 'co' in codirecting," the pair claim they got along swimmingly during the shoot, even while allowing their home to double for the gay couple's in the movie.
IT SOUNDS like all is going swimmingly for Leonardo Dicaprio, pictured above, in the relationship department at the moment.
From the Green Zone in Iraq, where they brave lengthy press releases to conclude that the war effort is either doomed or going swimmingly, to the outskirts of New Orleans, where they passed along wild claims of massacres and sniping without venturing into the city's ghoul-infested interior to verify the story, to the darkest corners of Judith Miller's jail cell, the nation's media professionals have lately demonstrated a kind of courage rarely seen outside a hamster cage.
HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING should go swimmingly with the Salads of the Sea Party Pack, which features three 12-ounce round containers of the brand's most popular items--Cajun Krab Dip, Seafood Cheese Spread, and Cajun Smoked Salmon Flavored Spread--in one festive cardboard sleeve.
Everything seemed to be going swimmingly, with P Xain, Mr Love-Eggs and the rest of the 11-strong posse darting around the stage oafishly.