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EFFICIENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With efficiency; in an efficient manner

Example:

he functions efficiently

Synonyms:

efficiently; expeditiously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

inefficiently (in an inefficient manner)

Pertainym:

efficient (able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively)

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 Context examples: 

This form of prothrombin is not efficiently converted to the active enzyme thrombin because it lacks gamma-carboxyglutamyl residues.

(Des-Gamma Carboxyprothrombin, NCI Thesaurus)

HLA-A*0201 is an MHC class I molecule that presents antigenic peptides to CD8+ T cells; epitope design restricted to epitopes that bind most efficiently to HLA-A*0201 may improve antigenic peptide immunogenicity.

(CMVpp65-A*0201 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

When healthy liver cells are depleted by long-term exposure to toxic chemicals, the newly discovered cells, known as hybrid hepatocytes, generate new tissue more efficiently than normal liver cells.

(Newly discovered cells restore liver damage in mice without cancer risk, NIH)

Rather than running on fossil fuels, the artificial leaf is powered by sunlight, although it still works efficiently on cloudy and overcast days.

(‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas, University of Cambridge)

Intriguingly, all of the more than 100 Bacillus isolates they had recovered from the human feces efficiently inhibited that system.

(Study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria, National Institutes of Health)

According to Sunagar, there is an urgent need for specific antivenoms that can efficiently neutralise bites from all snake varieties.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)

Due to its high lipophilicity, idarubicin penetrates cell membranes more efficiently than other anthracycline antibiotic compounds.

(Idarubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree of impairment of the left cardiac ventricle to contract efficiently.

(Left Cardiac Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Strategies and technologies for molecular phenotyping and biological marker discovery to improve understanding of disease and aid the pharmaceutical industry's ability to develop new therapeutic products efficiently and cost effectively.

(Marker Discovery, NCI Thesaurus)

By reducing the amount of this specific RNA molecule, it was possible to efficiently regenerate old cells.

(Scientists Discover Molecule that Could Reverse Cellular Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)