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Spell Bee Word: Smoothly


What does smoothly mean?

Word: Smoothly

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Smoothly means in a steady, even way, without jerks, bumps or anything going wrong.

Synonyms: evenly, steadily

How do you spell smoothly?

Syllables: smooth - ly

Tricky part: The long oo sound is written with two o's. Children who rush often write smothly, which loses one of them.

Watch out for: smothly, smuthly

Memory tip: Two o's roll along together like the two wheels of a bicycle on a flat road.

Smoothly in a sentence

Example 1: The new lift goes up and down very smoothly.

Example 2: Priya's skates rolled smoothly over the fresh concrete.

Example 3: Thanks to good planning, sports day ran smoothly.

Fun Fact

Maglev trains float just above their track on magnets, which helps them glide smoothly at very high speeds.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

htoolsmy

a) smoothely
b) smoothly
c) smootly
d) smoothlie

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b) smoothly. Keep the th whole, then finish with a plain y.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

smoothlly

a) o
b) h
c) y
d) l

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d) l. A single l joins the end of this word.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: smoothly

a) softly
b) quietly
c) gently
d) roughly

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d) roughly. A rough ride is bumpy and jerky, the opposite of a smooth one.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) happyly
b) gentley
c) smoothly
d) quitely

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c) smoothly. Quietly keeps ie after the qu, gently ends in tly, and happily changes the y to i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would most likely stop a car ride from going smoothly?

a) a slow, careful driver
b) a new set of tyres
c) a road full of potholes
d) a freshly laid road

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c) a road full of potholes

2. Rohan's speech went smoothly at assembly. Which of these probably happened?

a) he spoke without getting stuck
b) the microphone kept breaking
c) he forgot most of his lines
d) he had to start again twice

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a) he spoke without getting stuck

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with s: supermarket, sense, soul, surprise, spend, snowflake

More words from this list

vision, average, chef, detect, flare, important, microphone, postage

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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