A swallow flies very swiftly.
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Swiftly
//ˈswɪftli//
Synonyms for "swiftly" (117 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
lickety splitlickety-cutlickety-splitlike a shotlike greased lightningmomentarilynimblyon the doubleon the instanton the runon the spotpdqpell mellpell-mellpostposthasteprecipitatelypretty damned quickpromptlypronto
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quickquicklyrapidlyreadilyrightright awayright offshortlyshotslapdashsmartlysnappilysoonspeedilysprylystraightawaystraightwaysubitosuddenlysummarilysuperficiallyswifttimetransientlytrippinglyunder forced draftunexpectedlywhip and spurwith a rushwith all hastewith all speedwith dispatchwith giant strideswith hastewith rapid strideswith speedwithout delaywithout further delay
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Translations
19 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θοῶς adv (quickly)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бързо adv (quickly)
Catalan
1 entries- ràpidament adv (quickly)
Esperanto
1 entries- rapide adv (quickly)
Finnish
2 entries- nopeasti adv (quickly)
- vikkelästi adv (quickly)
Galician
1 entries- lixeiro adv (quickly)
German
3 entries- behände adv (quickly)
- flink adv (quickly)
- schnell adv (quickly)
Latin
2 entries- celeriter adv (quickly)
- velociter adv (quickly)
Navajo
1 entries- hah adv (quickly)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- fluks adv (quickly)
Polish
2 entries- prędko adv (quickly)
- szybko adv (quickly)
Portuguese
1 entries- ligeiro adv (quickly)
Sanskrit
1 entries- आशु adv (quickly)
Spanish
1 entries- rápidamente adv (quickly)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Time goes very swiftly.
Source: tatoeba (263905)
Were a serious crisis to arise, the government would have to act swiftly.
Source: tatoeba (269509)
His fingers ran swiftly over the keys.
Source: tatoeba (286468)
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