quickly
/ˈkwɪk.li/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
adv
Very soon.
Example Sentences
- "Luckily, the error was quickly corrected."
- "the influence of the flutter that was connected to Adan was quickly taking a toll on my already weak body"
- "If we go this way, we'll get there quickly."
- "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."
- "There are eight principles in all, but three are really important if we want to shift quickly and inclusively toward a longer-term mode of thinking and acting."
Etymology
From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quykly, cwiculīċe
Inflected Forms
quicklier (comparative)
more quickly (comparative)
quickliest (superlative)
most quickly (superlative)
Phrases
as quickly as possible
death-come-quickly