quickly
//ˈkwɪkli//
Forms
- Comparative
- quicklier
- Superlative
- quickliest
Definitions
1.Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
- Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.
2.Very soon.
- If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #812
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe.
By surface analysis, quick + -ly.