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quickly
Variant of quick
adjective
- Archaic living; alive
- rapid; swift: a quick walk
- done with promptness; prompt: a quick reply
- acting swiftly: a quick worker
- lasting only a moment: a quick look
- prompt to understand or learn: a quick mind
- sensitive; acutely perceptive: a quick sense of smell
- easily stirred; fiery: a quick temper
- sharply curved: a quick turn
- Archaic pregnant
adverb
quickly; rapidly
noun
- the living, esp. in
- the sensitive flesh under a toenail or fingernail
- the deepest feelings or sensibilities: cut to the quick by the insult
transitive verb
Archaic to animate; invigorate
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