quickly
with speed
How often you will meet it
Rank 631 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 30,403 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- with speed also: rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace, in short order he works quicklyJohn got ready in short order
- with little or no delay also: promptly, quick the rescue squad arrived promptlycome here, quick!
- without taking pains also: cursorily he looked cursorily through the magazine
quickly 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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Sophie looked up quickly from the Bay of Naples.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Quickly he crouched behind the fence, and the aged look came back into his face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Quickly, with an unhesitating decision, he talked, and his buoyancy put courage in to the stricken crowd.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He stood there a moment, breathing quickly, and looking up and down the street, in which not another figure moved.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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The footman piloted them, merely touching his hat quickly to Emily, being fully aware that she could take care of herself.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1