swiftadjective
uk/swɪft/us/swɪft/C2 happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way:
The police took swift action against the rioters.
Thank you for your swift reply.
The gazelle is one of the swiftest and most graceful of animals.
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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
- rapid-fire
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfire idiom
- tilt
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swiftly
adverb uk/ˈswɪft.li/us/ˈswɪft.li/
C2
Walking swiftly, he was at the office within minutes.
swiftness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈswɪft.nəs/us/ˈswɪft.nəs/
swiftnoun [ C ]
uk/swɪft/us/swɪft/a small bird with curved, pointed wings that can fly very fast
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Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- honeyeater
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- martin
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- squab
- starling
- toucan
- turtle dove
- warbler
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