Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

quickly

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɪkli/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkli

Adverb

quickly (comparative quicklier or more quickly, superlative quickliest or most quickly)

  1. Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
    Synonym: at speed
    Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.
  2. Very soon.
    If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
    • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
      Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
      Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.

Usage notes

  • Although the comparative (quicklier) and superlative (quickliest) one-word forms exist and are and have been in limited use, the two-word forms (more quickly and most quickly) are much more common.

Derived terms

  • quick (adjective and adverb)

Translations

Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads