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quickly.

Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈkwɪk.li/
  1. Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.

    Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.
  2. Very soon.

    If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.

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