quickly

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb with rapid movements
  2. adverb with little or no delay
  3. adverb without taking pains

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace

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