successfully — is another of those words that often creep unnecessarily into sentences, as here: Japanese researchers have successfully developed a semiconductor chip made of gallium arsen >Dictionary of troublesome word
successfully — adverb In a successful manner; with success; without failing. He successfully climbed the mountain. Syn: efficaciously, efficiently, favorably, satisfyingly … Wiktionary
successfully — adv. Successfully is used with these verbs: ↑accomplish, ↑adapt, ↑address, ↑appeal, ↑argue, ↑avo >Collocations dictionary
successfully — successful ► ADJECTIVE 1) accomplishing an aim or purpose. 2) having achieved fame, wealth, or social status. DERIVATIVES successfully adverb … English terms dictionary
successfully — adverb with success; in a successful manner (Freq. 15) she performed the surgery successfully • Ant: ↑unsuccessfully • Derived from adjective: ↑successful … Useful english dictionary
Successfully — Successful Suc*cess ful, a. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
successfully — adverb see successful … New Collegiate Dictionary
successfully — See successful. * * * … Universalium
successfully — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fortunately, triumphantly, victoriously, happily, favorably, fortuitously, strongly, thrivingly, flourishingly, famously, propitiously, auspiciously, prosperously, contentedly, with colors flying, beyond all expectation,… … English dictionary for students
successfully — adv. in a successful manner, in a prosperous manner … English contemporary dictionary
successfully — ad. Favorably, prosperously, luckily, fortunately … New dictionary of synonyms
Look for a message on the fax machine that the fax has been successfully sent .
In addition, a standard email including a statement that the patient has been successfully randomized, will be send to both, the blinded and non-blinded study staff of the center as well as to the monitor.
» You will receive an email in the email address you used to sign up confirming that your account has been successfully created.
The following email has been sent to all PSN registrants; please read the help and support FAQ for more information.
Once your email has been sent , a webpage version will automatically be created and remain active for 30 days.
Tirpitz had been successfully neutralised.
A total of 32 634 emails were successfully sent to all members (those with and without on-line profiles), of which 5425 emails were opened, representing 19.6% of online members and 16.6% of total members.
From the target of 112 stakeholders, 98 e-mails were successfully sent (14 emails bounced), and a final response rate of approximately 35.7% was reached after at least two attempts.
The actual message is ‘Message was sent successfully’. But, we are not sure that the message was delivered to the person or the person has read the message. Is the use of ‘sent successfully’ correct?
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Yes, the use of «sent successfully» is correct because when we talk about sending messages, we only refer to the action of message being sent from our location / email etc.
This does not include notifications regarding delivery or message read receipts.
There are separate features and thus separate messages for such notifications.
«Your message has been delivered» (Confirming delivery to the recipient)
«Your message has been read» (Confirming that message has been read by the recipient)