quicksome

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quicksome

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From quick + -some.

adjective more quicksome · most quicksome

Marked by quickness; swift; nimble She helped Sussy with dairyin' an' Ma with twinin'n'spinnin' an' Jonas took her bird-eggin' an' she list'ned to Catkin's yippin' 'bout school'ry an' she fetched water'n'chopped wood an' she was a quicksome learner.

adverb more quicksome · most quicksome

In a quick or quicksome manner; quickly “Bigman,” I said when he'd thrice emptied his cup, “winter's coming on quicksome. It weighs on a man, not having any company in the long nights, wouldn't you say, sir?”

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@misc{quicksome_2026,
  title = {quicksome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quicksome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}