swiftly
/ˈswɪftli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. Piper cut short these piracies by swiftly removing his spoon."
- "The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder."
- "Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour."
- "[T]he early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued."
Etymology
From Middle English swiftly, swyftely, swiftliche, from Old English swiftlīċe (“swiftly”), equivalent to swift + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: swiftly, swiftlīċe
Inflected Forms
swiftlier (comparative)
more swiftly (comparative)
swiftliest (superlative)
most swiftly (superlative)