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Dictionary: Quick·ly

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Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.


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adverb

    In a rapid way: apace, fast, posthaste, quick. Informal flat out, hell-for-leather, lickety-split, 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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Definition: fast
Antonyms: slowly


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adv. - With rapid movements; With little or no delay; Without taking pains.

pronunciation We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers — Seneca

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