quickly
/ˈkwɪk.li/
quickly adverb: rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
Adverb
quickly (comparative quicklier or more quickly, superlative quickliest or most quickly)
- Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
- Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.
- the influence of the flutter that was connected to Adan was quickly taking a toll on my already weak body2012, Melissa Andrea, Flutter, page 269
- Synonyms:
- at speed, apace, lickety-split
- Very soon.
- If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
- Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner...2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2022
quickly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
quickly in Hindi
- rapidly, fast
- झटपट jhaṭpaṭ, जल्दी से jaldī se
quickly in Tamil
- rapidly, fast
- சீக்கிரமாக cīkkiramāka, சீக்கிரம் cīkkiram, விரைவில் viraivil
quickly in Marathi
- rapidly, fast
- लवकर lavkar
quickly in Urdu
- rapidly, fast
- جلدی سے jaldī se, جلدی jaldī, فٹافٹ faṭāfaṭ, جھٹ پٹ jhaṭ-paṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- quickly in Bengali
- জলদি joldi, তাড়াতাড়ি taṛataṛi
- quickly in Telugu
- త్వరగా tvaragā
- quickly in Malayalam
- പെട്ടെന്ന് peṭṭennŭ
- quickly in Kannada
- ಬೇಗ bēga
- quickly in Punjabi
- ਛੇਤੀ chetī, چھیتِی chetī
- quickly in Gujarati
- જલદીથી jaldīthī
- quickly in Odia
- ଶୀଘ୍ର śighra
- quickly in Sanskrit
- आशु āśu, मक्षू makṣū
- quickly in Assamese
- সোনকালে xünkale
- quickly in Nepali
- छिटो chiṭo
- quickly in Pashto
- زر zǝr, ژر žər
- quickly in Arabic
- بِسُرْعَة bisurʕa, عَاجِلًا ʕājilan
- quickly in Malay
- dengan cepat, lekas, lajak, segera
- quickly in Indonesian
- dengan cepat
- quickly in Persian
- تند tond, بهسرعت be-sor'at, سریعاً sari'an, جلدی jaldi
- quickly in Thai
- เร็ว reo, ไว wai
- quickly in Vietnamese
- nhanh, mau, lẹ
- quickly in Myanmar
- အမြန် a.mran, မြန်မြန် mranmran
Examples of quickly in a sentence
- She quickly acclimatized to her new job in a foreign country.
- To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
- I was seen quite quickly — I didn't have to wait that long.
Synonyms of quickly
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- speedily
- soon
- swiftly
- 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
- 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
Antonyms
Forms of quickly
| comparative | quicklier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more quickly |
| superlative | quickliest |
| superlative | most quickly |
Origin of quickly
From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.
Words formed from quickly
- as quickly as possible
- death-come-quickly
Words that rhyme with quickly
Questions about quickly
- What does quickly mean?
- Quickly means rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
- What is quickly in Hindi?
- Quickly in Hindi is झटपट (jhaṭpaṭ), जल्दी से (jaldī se). See Quickly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is quickly?
- Quickly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce quickly?
- Quickly is pronounced /ˈkwɪk.li/.
Words near quickly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quickly (page history and authors); ಬೇಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors); छिटो (Nepali) (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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