quick
accomplished rapidly and without delay
How often you will meet it
Rank 787 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,346 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- accomplished rapidly and without delay also: speedy was quick to make friendshis quick reaction prevented an accident
- hurried and brief also: flying, fast paid a flying visittook a flying glance at the book
- moving quickly and lightly also: agile, nimble, spry sleek and agile as a gymnastas nimble as a deer
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity also: ready a quick minda ready wit
- performed with little or no delay also: immediate, prompt, straightaway an immediate reply to my lettera prompt reply
- easily aroused or excited also: warm a quick tempera warm temper
adverb
- with little or no delay also: promptly, quickly the rescue squad arrived promptlycome here, quick!
noun
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
quick in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His eyes were small, quick, and watchful, beneath heavy and jagged brows.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Quick as he had been, a shopkeeper of the Rue Turenne had had time to recognize him.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She was quick to learn, but forgetful and dreamy, and not disposed to take the matter seriously.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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Went up the cheering, the quick chanticleering; All hands vying—all colors flying: “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” and “Row, boys, row!”
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Mrs. Anderson was between them, putting out a quick hand; the boy hardly saw her as he took it.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1