adv ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.

   "Luckily, the error was quickly corrected."

2. 2
   Very soon.

   "If we go this way, we'll get there quickly."

Adverb

1. 1
   with speed wordnet
2. 2
   with little or no delay wordnet
3. 3
   without taking pains wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cursorilyrapidlyagilelyall of suddenamainanimatedly

Antonyms

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slowly

Example

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.

Related phrases

as quickly as possibledeath-come-quickly

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