quickly
Variant of quick
quick (kwik)
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
Etymology: ME quik, lively, alive < OE cwicu, living: see bio-
adverb
noun
- the living, esp. in the quick and the dead
- the sensitive flesh under a toenail or fingernail
- the deepest feelings or sensibilities cut to the quick by the insult
transitive verb
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quickly
modif.
Rapidly
speedily, swiftly, fast, briskly, fleetly, flying, with dispatch, scurrying, hurrying, rushing, shooting, bolting, darting, flashing, dashing, suddenly, expeditiously, hastily, hurriedly, in haste, in great haste, in a hurry, by forced marches, at a great rate, without delay, under press of sail, in full sail, against the clock, racing, galloping, loping, sweeping, light-footedly, wingedly, like a bat out of hell*, on the double*, like all forty*, in a flash*, in a jiffy*, to beat the band*, at full blast*, in full sail*, hellbent for leather*, like mad*, at one jump*, by leaps and bounds*, like a house afire*, double-time*, like crazy*, like fury*, full steam ahead*, in high gear*. Antonyms
slowly*, sluggishly, creepingly. Soon
at once, instantly, promptly, on the nail*, pronto*; see also immediately, soon 1.
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It is much easier to playa thing quickly than to play it slowly.
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