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I have found the sentence

> 勉強会が始まり、なんだかんだ順調に回り始めていた

that was translated as

> The study group seemed to have gotten off a good start

But I could not break down "順調に回り", could you explain?
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meaning of the expression 順調に回る
The third meaning of 回る according to jisho.org is _to function well_ , and 始める
is an auxiliary verb which means _to start_ , so 回り始めた means _started
functioning well_.

順調に is the adverb version of 順調, which means _favourable_ , so something like
_favourably_. If you put it all together, 順調に回り始めた is _started functioning
well favourably_. It sounds redundant in English, but if we assume 回る is not
as explicit as _to function well_ , and the _well_ is more implicit, the
sentence makes sense, and the purpose of 順調に is to emphasize how well it goes.
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