rapidly
/ˈɹæpɪdli/
rapidly adverb: with speed; in a rapid manner.
Adverb
rapidly (comparative more rapidly, superlative most rapidly)
- With speed; in a rapid manner.
- She packed her case rapidly and hurried out.
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
rapidly meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
rapidly in Marathi
- rapidly
- त्वरित tvarit
rapidly in Bengali
- দ্রুত, দ্রুতবেগে, জলদি, তড়বড়, ক্ষিপ্রবেগে
rapidly in Telugu
- with speed
- త్వరత్వరగా tvaratvaragā
rapidly in Malayalam
- വേഗത്തിൽ, പെട്ടെന്ന്, ഝടിതിയായി
More languagesFewer languages
- rapidly in Punjabi
- چھیتی chetī
- rapidly in Sanskrit
- आशु āśu, मक्षू makṣū
Examples of rapidly in a sentence
- University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020:
- The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
- But even as he announced the military operation, he appeared to be rapidly trying to get himself back to the middle by insisting that the strike was a one-off and that he continues to seek peace.2025 June 22, Luke Broadwater, “Trump Picks a Side on Entering the War in Iran, for Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the...
Synonyms of rapidly
Forms of rapidly
| comparative | more rapidly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rapidly |
Origin of rapidly
From rapid + -ly.
Words formed from rapidly
Questions about rapidly
- What does rapidly mean?
- Rapidly means with speed; in a rapid manner.
- What is rapidly in Marathi?
- Rapidly in Marathi is त्वरित (tvarit). See Rapidly meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use rapidly in a sentence?
- University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
- What part of speech is rapidly?
- Rapidly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce rapidly?
- Rapidly is pronounced /ˈɹæpɪdli/.
Words near rapidly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rapidly (page history and authors); त्वरित (Marathi) (page history and authors); rapidly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rapidly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چھیتی (Punjabi) (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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