Optimally

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner that achieves the best possible results by maximizing effectiveness and efficiency
2. By utilizing methods that yield the most favorable outcomes while ensuring peak performance
3. In such a way that produces the highest level of success or efficiency possible

Etymology: "Optimally" is a straightforward formation: the adjective "optimal" plus the adverb suffix "-ly." The adjective comes from Latin "optimus," meaning "best," which English reached by way of the adjective suffix "-al," so the word is built from a Latin superlative stem rather than from anything native to English. The suffix does the adverbial work. "-ly" descends from Old English "-līce," which itself traces back through Proto-Germanic "*līkaz," meaning "body" or "form" and related to "like." Adding it to an adjective turns the idea into a manner: "optimal" describes a state, and "optimally" describes doing something in that best state.

Synonyms: best, ideally, most favorably, most effectively, most efficiently

Antonyms: suboptimally, poorly, ineffectively, inadequately, imperfectly