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单词 speedily
释义

speedily

/ˈspiːdɪli /
adverb
Quickly or promptly: your claim will be dealt with as speedily as possible...
  • Persistent young offenders were dealt with speedily, and victims were treated with proper consideration and given good support.
  • I will press for the investigation to be conducted speedily.
  • Aid workers said law-and-order must be speedily restored to avert a humanitarian disaster.

Synonyms

rapidly, swiftly, quickly, fast, post-haste, at (full) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop;
promptly, immediately, briskly;
hastily, hurriedly, precipitately
informal p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), double quick, at a lick, hell for leather, pronto, at the double, a mile a minute, like the wind, like a bomb, at warp speed, like a bat out of hell, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, like nobody's business, like (greased) lightning, like a madman/madwoman
British informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o
North American informal lickety-split
literary apace
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