まんまと
Meanings
1
successfully; completely; thoroughly
Describes an action that succeeds fully, often with a nuance of cleverness or smoothness, sometimes implying a trick or scheme worked perfectly.
He successfully passed the exam.
The swindler got away completely.
Usage patterns
- まんまと〈人〉に騙されるto be completely taken in by someone's trick
He was completely fooled by the con artist.
- まんまと罠にはまるto fall right into a trap
The culprit fell right into the trap.
- まんまと逃げるto get away completely (successfully escape)
The thief got clean away.
- まんまと成功するto succeed brilliantly (often by trickery)
Their scheme succeeded perfectly.