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Quickly

//ˈkwɪkli// adv

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

Etymology

From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.

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