quicklyadverb
uk/ˈkwɪk.li/us/ˈkwɪk.li/A2 at a fast speed:
We'll have to walk quickly to get there on time.
Quickly now, you two, daddy's waiting in the car!
A2 after only a very short time:
He replied very quickly.
He quickly realized that she wasn't telling the truth.
More examples
- She quickly left the chorus for a starring role.
- The plane climbed quickly to a height of 30 000 feet.
- Police quickly closed off the area.
- Christmas comes round so quickly!
- You don't need to eat so quickly! It's not a competition.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fast and rapid
- a mile a minute idiom
- apace
- as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
- as if it is going out of style idiom
- at a rate of knots idiom
- crash
- fleet
- have a heavy foot idiom
- high-speed
- hotfoot
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- mile
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfire idiom
- swift
- tilt
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