quickly
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quickly
- /ˈkwɪk.li/
Rhymes with -ɪkli
Where it comes from
From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.
adverb quicklier · more quickly · quickliest · most quickly
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Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.
Similar: at speed, apace, lickety-split
- Very soon. If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
Similar: apace, expeditiously, fast, hastily, hurriedly, posthaste, quicksome, rapidly, speedily, soon, swiftly, with dispatch, at the high port, balls-out, balls to the wall, cranking, flat out, full throttle, hauling, hauling ass, hell-for-leather, hell-bent for leather, lickety-split, like a bat out of hell, like a blue-arsed fly, like a dose of salts, like a rat up a drainpipe, like gangbusters, like shit through a goose, like the clappers · Opposite: slowly
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chop-chop, speedily, apace, rapidly, cursorily, promptly, briskly, swift, speedy, rapid, swiftly, haste, prompt, quickie, expeditious, expeditiously
adverb
Similar: apace, expeditiously, fast, hastily, hurriedly, posthaste, quicksome, rapidly, speedily, soon, swiftly, with dispatch, at the high port, balls-out, balls to the wall, cranking, flat out, full throttle, hauling, hauling ass, hell-for-leather, hell-bent for leather, lickety-split, like a bat out of hell, like a blue-arsed fly, like a dose of salts, like a rat up a drainpipe, like gangbusters, like shit through a goose, like the clappers · Opposite: slowly
Translations
Every language
adv rapidly, fast
| Español | con velocidad, con prontitud, con celeridad, con presteza, deprisa, velozmente |
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| 한국어 | 빨리 ppalli, 어서 eoseo |
| 日本語 | 速く hayaku, どんどん dondon |
| 中文 | 迅速地 xùnsù de, 快速地 kuàisù de, 急速地 jísù de, 趕快地 /赶快地 gǎnkuài de |
| हिन्दी | झटपट jhaṭpaṭ, जल्दी से jaldī se |
| Português | rápido, rapidamente, depressa |
| Français | rapidement, vite |
| Deutsch | schnell, rasch, geschwind |
| Italiano | rapidamente |
| Ελληνικά | γρήγορα grígora |
| Română | rapid, repede |
| Русский | бы́стро býstro, ско́ро skóro |
| Tiếng Việt | nhanh, mau, lẹ |
| العربية | بِسُرْعَة bisurʕa, عَاجِلًا ʕājilan |
| עברית | מַהֵר mahér |
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