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quicklier

quicklier adverb: more quickly; with greater rapidity.

Adverb

quicklier

  1. (dated, literary, rare) More quickly; with greater rapidity.
    • The terrified sailors would have begun to depart quicklier than they did, had not fear itself made them move slowly.1834, Leigh Hunt, The Indicator, and the Companion, page 6
    • The apprentice will learn much better and quicklier how to do things for knowing beforehand why he is bidden to do them in any particular way[…]1871, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 24, page 332

Origin of quicklier

From quickly + er.

Questions about quicklier

What does quicklier mean?
Quicklier means more quickly; with greater rapidity.
What part of speech is quicklier?
Quicklier is an adverb.

Words near quicklier in the dictionary

  1. quickish
  2. quickle
  3. quickled
  4. quickles
  5. quickley
  6. quicklier
  7. quickliest
  8. quicklike
  9. quicklime
  10. quicklimed
  11. quicklimes

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