"Quickly" is comprised of two syllables.
"quick-ly"
The word dire has 2 syllables. The majority of the time, we pronounce it quickly and blend the word together, making it sound as though it is just one, it is in fact two: DI-re.
Two syllables.
2 quick-ly
The word classify has three syllables. Clas-si-fy. You can determine the number of syllables a word has by saying the word aloud and clapping. The number of claps will correspond to the number of syllables.
There are 3 syllables. A - num-ber.
There are two syllables. Num-ber.
Meteor has three syllables: Me-te-or
The word annual has three syllables. The syllables in the word are an-nu-al.
The proper way is 3 syllables (sep-ar-ate). Many people quickly pronounce it with 2 syllables, however (sep-rate). The latter is incorrect.
Simply speaking, the number of times you open your mouth to pronounce a word is the number of syllables. Therefore, "waters" would have two syllables.
There are 2 syllables. Cir-cle.
There are two syllables in the word 'implied'.