quickly

Adverb

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rapidly promptly speedily apace cursorily chop-chop trice swift asap presto New York minute early now soon speeder
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Antonyms

slowly after later eventually heavily slow
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Related terms

quick

Phrases with the word

as quickly as possible more quickly move quickly able to think quickly able to understand quickly look quickly

Examples

If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God. John Chrysostom

Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue - just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated. John Climacus

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly. Seneca

A miser and a liar bargain quickly. Greek Proverb

Nothing fades as quickly as gratitude... French Proverb

Whoever drinks on credit gets drunk more quickly. Armenian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

quicklime quicklime and water quickload quickly asleep quickly decide quickly washed and dried