Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smooth sailing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: smooth -sail-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used to describe an activity that is not encountering any problems.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It's all been smooth sailing; everything has gone exactly according to plan."
"We had some problems at the very beginning, but it's been smooth sailing since the second week or so."
"Not that all was smooth sailing for MGM in Nazi Germany."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

plain sailing

Questions

What does smooth sailing mean?: Used to describe an activity that is not encountering any problems.

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