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quick as lightning

quick as lightning adjective: extremely quick.

Adjective

quick as lightning (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, simile) Extremely quick.

Adverb

quick as lightning (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, simile) Extremely quickly.

Origin of quick as lightning

In allusion to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.

Questions about quick as lightning

What does quick as lightning mean?
Quick as lightning means extremely quick.
What part of speech is quick as lightning?
Quick as lightning can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near quick as lightning in the dictionary

  1. quick access recorders
  2. quick and dirty
  3. quick as a flash
  4. quick as a fox
  5. quick as a wink
  6. quick as lightning
  7. quick as thought
  8. quick as winking
  9. quick bankruptcies
  10. quick bankruptcy
  11. quick bread

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