Operating or proceeding efficiently and without difficulties.
adequate preparation will decrease stress levels and make for a smooth-running show
don't expect your home life to be smooth-running one hundred per cent of the time
Example sentencesExamples
In other words, the dismissal was not much more than a blip in the otherwise smooth-running system of parliamentary democracy.
They, too, only want to do what they feel is the minimum necessary for a smooth-running city.
Each Guide is packed with ideas and inspiration for organising and promoting events with a comprehensive checklist for a smooth-running event.
Peterson works with trainees in units of about 50 platforms each, where interactivity is essential for smooth-running sessions in a stable learning environment.
The collaboration of scientist and editor was not always smooth-running.
An efficient police force, would, for Woods, produce a smooth-running, equally efficient society.
He developed a smooth-running constituency operation, ably assisted by his daughter, Norma, who is being groomed to succeed him in the next general election.
Newton was no mechanist and didn't see the universe as a smooth-running machine.
Yet it was some time before an effective, smooth-running logistics service had evolved.
It was one of the most smooth-running teams of people I have ever had the pleasure to work with.
Definition of smooth-running in US English:
smooth-running
adjectiveˌsmuðˈrənɪŋˌsmo͞oT͟HˈrəniNG
Operating efficiently and without difficulties.
adequate preparation will decrease stress levels and make for a smooth-running show
don't expect your home life to be smooth-running one hundred percent of the time
Example sentencesExamples
An efficient police force, would, for Woods, produce a smooth-running, equally efficient society.
Newton was no mechanist and didn't see the universe as a smooth-running machine.
They, too, only want to do what they feel is the minimum necessary for a smooth-running city.
The collaboration of scientist and editor was not always smooth-running.
Peterson works with trainees in units of about 50 platforms each, where interactivity is essential for smooth-running sessions in a stable learning environment.
He developed a smooth-running constituency operation, ably assisted by his daughter, Norma, who is being groomed to succeed him in the next general election.
In other words, the dismissal was not much more than a blip in the otherwise smooth-running system of parliamentary democracy.
Each Guide is packed with ideas and inspiration for organising and promoting events with a comprehensive checklist for a smooth-running event.
Yet it was some time before an effective, smooth-running logistics service had evolved.
It was one of the most smooth-running teams of people I have ever had the pleasure to work with.