Adjective modifier

• pallid: Pallid Swifts abound, ultramarinus Blue Tits in the alleys and a big Cattle Egret colony in one of the parks.

• common: The few common Swifts can be awkward to pick out and House Martins from above can look remarkably White-rumped and swifty!

• little: Last night, and indeed the night before, saw us visited by a few little Swifts on their way somewhere.

• few: Last night, and indeed the night before, saw us visited by a few little Swifts on their way somewhere.

Modifies a noun

• pint: Last chance saloon A swift pint, then back into detox.

• counter-attack: This gave them a greater attacking threat, but was leaving gaps in their rearguard for South to exploit in swift counter-attacks.

• glance: I took a swift glance as the band struck up with Deliverance and decided it was time to go!

• messenger: So the King sent swift messengers to all parts of the world to summon every evil creature to his aid.

• kick: It's amazing what a swift kick up the backside can do to a boy!

• departure: Mr Moon, 05 Sep 05 Very easy check in, swift departure to airport at a realistic price.

Modifying Another Word

• remarkably: The expansion has been remarkably swift given that Bangors House has been in business for just three years.

• surprisingly: We needn't have worried tho as it was more of a drift down the river ( surprisingly swift ).

• incredibly: However, forward progress was incredibly swift and always accompanied by a soundtrack that was pure MG RV8.

• fairly: After joining the Chester and District League Fourth Division they made fairly swift progress and by 1969 had reached Division One.

• relatively: Military operations against Iraq may indeed lead to a relatively swift victory in the short term.

• extremely: Just to say many thanks for the extremely swift dispatch of the replacement wheel.

Infinitive complement

• shed: Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood.

Used with adjective complement

• run: There were chimneys we climbed; there were boulders we scaled; and the streams that ran swift after rain.

Preposition: than

• leopard: He says that they're swifter than leopards or panthers.