expeditiously
UK/ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/
expeditiously adverb: in an expeditious manner, quickly.
Adverb
expeditiously (comparative more expeditiously, superlative most expeditiously)
- In an expeditious manner, quickly.
- For the convenience of Charlotte and her child, they were to be more than two days on their journey, and Mr. Palmer, travelling more expeditiously with Colonel Brandon, was to join them at Cleveland soon after their arrival.1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.1859, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
expeditiously meaning in Tamil and Kannada
expeditiously in Tamil
- விரைவார்ந்த தன்மை
expeditiously in Kannada
- ಒಡನೆಯೇ, ತಕ್ಕ ಹೊತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ
Synonyms of expeditiously
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- with dispatch
- at the high port
- balls-out
- balls to the wall
- cranking
- flat out
- full throttle
- hauling
- hauling ass
- hell-for-leather
- hell-bent for leather
- lickety-split
- like a bat out of hell
- like a blue-arsed fly
- like a dose of salts
- like a rat up a drainpipe
- like gangbusters
- like shit through a goose
- like the clappers
- like there is no tomorrow
- like the wind
- screaming
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in no time
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in two shakes
- on the double
- PDQ
Forms of expeditiously
| comparative | more expeditiously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most expeditiously |
Origin of expeditiously
From expeditious + -ly.
Questions about expeditiously
- What does expeditiously mean?
- Expeditiously means in an expeditious manner, quickly.
- What is expeditiously in Tamil?
- Expeditiously in Tamil is விரைவார்ந்த தன்மை. See Expeditiously meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is expeditiously?
- Expeditiously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce expeditiously?
- Expeditiously is pronounced /ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/ (UK).
Words near expeditiously in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: expeditiously (page history and authors); expeditiously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); expeditiously (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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