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How to use speedily in a sentence

11 example sentences · adverb

Speedily means in a speedy or fast manner. Example: “The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.”

Examples of speedily by meaning

adverbIn a speedy or fast manner.

  • If they keep marching as speedily as they are now, they should reach us within three days."1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 33, column 2

More sentences with speedily

  • The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.From the entry chamber
  • For the god they speedily stationed the sacred hecatomb all in good order surrounding the well-built altar.2007, Homer, “Book 1”, in Rodney Merrill, transl., The Iliad, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 40, lines 447–448. From the entry hecatomb
  • After fertilization, cytococci divided speedily and free edosmosis with nuclei formed, started the growth of the embryo.1991, Pang-yen Huang, Bangyan Huang, Qian Yang, editors, Proceedings of the International Citrus Symposium: Guangzhou, China, Nov. 5-8…. From the entry cytococcus
  • He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, "Not she, not she!1902, Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell, page 178. From the entry ha, ha
  • This March there was a drive in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, for “leftover women to speedily find conjugal happiness.”2012 October 11, Leta Hong Fincher, “China's 'Leftover' Women”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct…. From the entry Pinghu
  • The intelligence product from this series of meetings between the Bunteresque MI5 man and Gutteridge was speedily disseminated throughout Whitehall.1993, John Sweeney, Trading with the enemy: how Britain armed Iraq, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry Bunteresque
  • He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she !1902, Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell, page 178. From the entry bego
  • He wondered why he always landed bunny-boilers who started out cool and calm but speedily went into the pursuit mode of deadly missiles.2009, Lynne Graham, The Ruthless Magnate’s Virgin Mistress (Harlequin Presents; 2787), Toronto, Ont.; New York, N.Y.: Harlequin, →ISBN…. From the entry bunny-boiler
  • Marck was relieved last month, lordling, and that bretheling Count of St Pol given such a buffet as he will not speedily forget.1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, page 380. From the entry bretheling
  • Cnelius a physician being sent for, found his costiveness alone to be the cause, and thereupon gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered., vol.I, New York 2001, p.233-4. From the entry clyster

Meaning of speedily

  1. adverb In a speedy or fast manner.

Full definition of speedily

Questions about speedily in a sentence

How do you use speedily in a sentence?
Speedily is used as an adverb. For example: “The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.”
What is a short sentence with speedily?
“He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, "Not she, not she!”
What does speedily mean?
Speedily means in a speedy or fast manner.

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