'Quickly' definitions:
Definition of 'quickly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant: easy, slow, slowly, tardily]
adverb
With little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly, quickly, quick]
adverb
Without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine" [syn: cursorily, quickly]
Definition of 'Quickly'
From: GCIDE
- Quickly \Quick"ly\, adv. Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quickly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agilely,
- amain,
- animatedly,
- anxiously,
- apace,
- at flank speed,
- at once,
- at the double,
- avidly,
- breathlessly,
- briefly,
- by forced marches,
- cursorily,
- decisively,
- directly,
- double-quick,
- eagerly,
- enthusiastically,
- expeditiously,
- fast,
- feverishly,
- flat-out,
- fleetingly,
- flickeringly,
- flittingly,
- for a moment,
- forthwith,
- furiously,
- hand over fist,
- hand over hand,
- hastily,
- headlong,
- hell for leather,
- hell-bent,
- hell-bent for election,
- helter-skelter,
- hotfoot,
- hurriedly,
- hurry-scurry,
- immediately,
- impatiently,
- impetuously,
- impulsively,
- in an instant,
- in double time,
- in double-quick time,
- in high,
- in high gear,
- in no time,
- in passing,
- in seven-league boots,
- instanter,
- instantly,
- keenly,
- lickety-cut,
- lickety-split,
- momentarily,
- nimbly,
- on the double,
- on the instant,
- on the run,
- on the spot,
- PDQ,
- pell-mell,
- post,
- posthaste,
- precipitately,
- pretty damned quick,
- promptly,
- pronto,
- quick,
- rapidly,
- rashly,
- readily,
- recklessly,
- right away,
- right off,
- shortly,
- slapdash,
- smartly,
- snappily,
- speedily,
- spryly,
- straightaway,
- straightway,
- subito,
- suddenly,
- summarily,
- superficially,
- swiftly,
- transiently,
- trippingly,
- under forced draft,
- vivaciously,
- whip and spur,
- with a rush,
- with alacrity,
- with all haste,
- with all speed,
- with dispatch,
- with giant strides,
- with gusto,
- with haste,
- with open arms,
- with rapid strides,
- with relish,
- with speed,
- with zest,
- without delay,
- without further delay,
- zestfully
Words containing 'Quickly'
- Quick,
- Quickness,
- Quick grass,
- Quick match,
- Quick time,
- Quick vein,
- Quick vinegar,
- Quick water,
- Quick with child,
- double quick,
- mental quickness,
- quick assets,
- quick bread,
- quick buck,
- quick fix,
- quick march,
- quick study,
- quick temper,
- quick witted,
- Double-quick,
- Quick-scented,
- Quick-sighted,
- Quick-sightedness,
- Quick-witted,
- Quick-wittedness,
- quick-change,
- quick-drying,
- quick-eared,
- quick-fire,
- quick-freeze,
- quick-frozen,
- quick-tempered,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered