quickly
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe, equivalent to quick + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]quickly (comparative quicklier or more quickly, superlative quickliest or most quickly)
- Rapidly; with speed; fast.
- 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[1]:
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- quick (adjective and adverb)
Translations
[edit]rapidly, fast
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