lickety-split

adv. Informal
With great speed.

[lickety, very fast, alteration of LICK, fast (dialectal) + SPLIT.]

adverb

In a rapid way: apace, fast, posthaste, quick, quickly. Informal flat out, hell-for-leather, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house on fire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like the wind, like wildfire. See fast/slow/velocity.

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: without delay
  Synonyms: lickety cut, at full speed, with a rush

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - tju-hej, hu-hej vilde dyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
in volle vaart, als de wind

Français (French)
adv. - (US) à toute allure

Deutsch (German)
adv. - wie der Blitz

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - στα γρήγορα, στα πεταχτά

Italiano (Italian)
rapidamente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - rápido

Русский (Russian)
безудержный, сломя голову

Español (Spanish)
adv. - muy rápidamente, a gran velocidad

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - med rasande fart, i ett huj, fortare än kvickt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
全速地, 极快地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 全速地, 極快地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 전속력으로, 재빨리

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 大急ぎで
adj. - 全速力の, 力強い, 急ぎ足の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بسرعه عظيمه, بسرعه فائقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מהר מאוד, חיש‬

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