quickly

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkwɪkli/ UK /ˈkwɪk.li/ See IPA manual

Freq #873

Meanings

1

adv
At a fast speed; in a short time.

Luckily, the mistake was quickly corrected.
2

adv
With little or no delay; very soon.

If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

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Synonyms

1 adv · at a fast speed; in a short... rapidly speedily fast

2 adv · with little or no delay;... promptly

More apaceballs-outcrankingexpeditiously hastilyhaulinghell-for-leatherhurriedlylickety-splitpdqposthaste

Opposites

slowly

Word family

Derived forms death-come-quickly

Related forms drink immediately quick rush speedy

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Phrases (1)

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assimilate quickly
to become integrated into a surrounding culture or group within a short time

Verb + adverb

Etymology

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

quykly Middle English cwiculīċe Old English

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# quickly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈkwɪkli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɪk.li/
**Frequency rank:** 873

## Meanings
1. At a fast speed; in a short time.
2. With little or no delay; very soon.

## Examples
- Luckily, the mistake was quickly corrected.
- If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

## Synonyms
- apace
- balls-out
- cranking
- expeditiously
- fast
- hastily
- hauling
- hell-for-leather
- hurriedly
- lickety-split
- pdq
- posthaste

## Antonyms
- slowly

## Derived Forms
- death-come-quickly

## Related Forms
- drink
- immediately
- quick
- rush
- speedy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: quykly
- Root: cwiculīċe
- Affix: -ly - (adv.) in a manner of

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

## AI Etymology
Quickly comes from Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly. The historical chain includes quykly (Middle English), cwiculīċe (Old English). In present-day English it covers at a fast speed; in a short time and with little or no delay; very soon. The wider family includes derived forms such as death-come-quickly and related forms such as drink, immediately, quick, rush.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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