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quicksome

quicksome adjective: marked by quickness; swift; nimble.

Adjective

quicksome (comparative more quicksome, superlative most quicksome)

  1. Marked by quickness; swift; nimble
    • She helped Sussy with dairyin' an' Ma with twinin'n'spinnin' an' Jonas took her bird-eggin' an' she list'ned to Catkin's yippin' 'bout school'ry an' she fetched water'n'chopped wood an' she was a quicksome learner.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
    • Yea, and if thou wilt also eat of the good herb thy dear mother put before thee at meat, thou also shalt be as blithesome and quicksome as thy little Bessie.2011, Arthur D Bardswell, The Poor Preachers

Adverb

quicksome (comparative more quicksome, superlative most quicksome)

  1. In a quick or quicksome manner; quickly
    • “Bigman,” I said when he'd thrice emptied his cup, “winter's coming on quicksome. It weighs on a man, not having any company in the long nights, wouldn't you say, sir?”2015, Sara Taylor, The Shore

Forms of quicksome

Adjective
comparativemore quicksome
superlativemost quicksome
Adverb
comparativemore quicksome
superlativemost quicksome

Origin of quicksome

From quick + -some.

Questions about quicksome

What does quicksome mean?
Quicksome means marked by quickness; swift; nimble.
What part of speech is quicksome?
Quicksome can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near quicksome in the dictionary

  1. quicksilverish
  2. quicksilverishness
  3. quicksilvers
  4. quicksilvery
  5. quicksmart
  6. quicksome
  7. quicksort
  8. quicksorted
  9. quicksorting
  10. quicksorts
  11. quickstart

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