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swithly

swithly adverb: quickly, speedily, promptly.

Adverb

swithly (comparative more swithly, superlative most swithly)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) Strongly; vehemently; very.

Forms of swithly

comparativemore swithly
superlativemost swithly

Origin of swithly

From swith + -ly.

Questions about swithly

What does swithly mean?
Swithly means quickly, speedily, promptly.
What part of speech is swithly?
Swithly is an adverb.

Words near swithly in the dictionary

  1. swithers
  2. swithest
  3. Swithin
  4. Swithinbank
  5. Swithland
  6. swithly
  7. Swithun
  8. Switz
  9. Switz.
  10. switzel
  11. Switzer

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