Quickly
/ˈkwɪkli/ adv
adv ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
"Luckily, the error was quickly corrected."
- 2 Very soon.
"If we go this way, we'll get there quickly."
Adverb
- 1 with speed wordnet
- 2 with little or no delay wordnet
- 3 without taking pains wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration."
Etymology
From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.