Quickly

English

Adverb

Quickly (comparative quicker or more Quickly, superlative quickest or most Quickly)

1. rapidly; with speed; fast

Notes

• Although the comparative and superlative one-word forms exist and are in use, the two-word forms are more common.

Related terms

• quick (adjective)

Thesaurus

PDQ, agilely, amain, animatedly, anxiously, apace, at flank speed, at once, at the double, avidly, breathlessly, briefly, by forced marches, cursorily, decisively, directly, double-quick, eagerly, enthusiastically, expeditiously, fast, feverishly, flat-out, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly, for a moment, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hand over hand, hastily, headlong, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, immediately, impatiently, impetuously, impulsively, in an instant, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in no time, in passing, in seven-league boots, instanter, instantly, keenly, lickety-cut, lickety-split, momentarily, nimbly, on the double, on the instant, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, post, posthaste, precipitately, pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quick, rapidly, rashly, readily, recklessly, right away, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, snappily, speedily, spryly, straightaway, straightway, subito, suddenly, summarily, superficially, swiftly, transiently, trippingly, under forced draft, vivaciously, whip and spur, with a rush, with alacrity, with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with giant strides, with gusto, with haste, with open arms, with rapid strides, with relish, with speed, with zest, without delay, without further delay, zestfully

Etymology

quick

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwɪkli/

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Translations

rapidly, fast

Arabic: بسرعة (ar) (bi-súr3a), عاجلاً (ar) (3aakhilan) Belarusian: хутка (be) (xútka) Chinese: Mandarin: 迅速地 (cmn) (xùnsù de), 快速地 (cmn) (kuàisù de), 急速地 (cmn) (jísù de), 趕快地 (cmn), 赶快地 (cmn) (gǎnkuài de) Czech: rychle (cs), honem (cs), valem (cs) Dutch: snel, vlug, gauw, spoedig, gezwind Egyptian: As Esperanto: rapide (eo) Estonian: kiiresti (et) Finnish: nopeasti (fi) French: rapidement (fr), vite (fr) German: schnell (de), rasch (de), geschwind (de) Greek: γρήγορα (el) Hawaiian: wikiwiki Hebrew: מהר (he) Hindi: जल्दी से (hi) (jaldī se), जल्दी (hi) (jaldī) Indonesian: dengan cepat (id) Interlingua: rapido, rapidemente

Italian: rapidamente (it) m. Japanese: 速く (ja) (はやく, hayaku) Korean: 빨리 (ko) (ppalli) Kurdish: به‌هه‌ڵه‌داوان, به‌ په‌له‌وه‌, به‌گورجی Latin: cito (la), celeriter (la) Navajo: hah Norwegian: fort (no) Old English: hrædlīċe (ang) Polish: szybko (pl), prędko (pl), bystro (pl) Portuguese: rápido (pt), rapidamente (pt) Romanian: rapid (ro), repede (ro) Russian: быстро (ru) (býstro), скоро (ru) (skóro) Scottish Gaelic: gu grad (gd) Spanish: rápido, con velocidad, rápidamente Telugu: త్వరగా (tvaragaa) Turkish: çabuk (tr) Ukrainian: швидко (uk) (švýdko) Urdu: جلدی سے (ur) (jaldī se), جلدی (ur) (jaldī) Vietnamese: nhanh (vi), mau (vi) West Frisian: hurd, fluch, gau

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: step · turning · village · #813: quickly · lie · supposed · original