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Adverb
  1. 1
    superlative form of quickly: most quickly dated, form-of, literary, rare, superlative

    "Yet, in the very centre of the crowd, To keep the secret of a poignant scorn, Howe'er to airy Demons suitable, Of all unsocial courses, is least fit For the gross spirit of mankind, — the one That soonest fails to please, and quickliest turns Into vexation."

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"Yet, in the very centre of the crowd, To keep the secret of a poignant scorn, Howe'er to airy Demons suitable, Of all unsocial courses, is least fit For the gross spirit of mankind, — the one That soonest fails to please, and quickliest turns Into vexation."

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