1 (not jerkily) [+drive, move, land, glide] suavemente he got in the van and drove smoothly away The car moved [smoothly and quietly] ...a natural athlete, [he moved smoothly] Make sure that you execute all movements smoothly and without jerking The snake [glides smoothly] towards it
2 (with no trouble) he put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly
everything went smoothly todo fue muy bien; todo fue sobre ruedas; the move to the new house went off smoothly la mudanza a la otra casa transcurrió sin contratiempos; todo fue sobre ruedas cuando nos mudamos a la otra casa; to run smoothly [+engine] funcionar muy bien; [+event] transcurrir sin contratiempos complicaciones problemas;oror [+business, talks] ir muy bien; marchar sobre ruedas; (informal)
the office ran smoothly in his absence life is running smoothly for them The engine ran smoothly For a week everything went smoothly So far, talks have gone smoothly he implemented the changes very smoothly We are going to great lengths to ensure that the Games run smoothly the tournament/concert ran smoothly
