quickly

English

Etymology

quick +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwɪkli/

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Adverb

quickly (comparative quicker or more quickly, superlative quickest or most quickly)

1. rapidly; with speed; fast
2. Very soon
   • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:

     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, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.

   If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

Usage notes

• Although the comparative and superlative one-word forms exist and are in use, the two-word forms are more common.

Related terms

• quick (adjective)

Translations

rapidly, fast

Arabic: بسرعة (ar) (bi-súr3a), عاجلاً (ar) (3aakhilan) Belarusian: хутка (be) (xútka) Chinese: Mandarin: 迅速地 (cmn) (xùnsù de), 快速地 (cmn) (kuàisù de), 急速地 (cmn) (jísù de), 趕快地 (cmn), 赶快地 (cmn) (gǎnkuài de) Czech: rychle (cs), honem (cs), valem (cs) Dutch: snel, vlug, gauw, spoedig, gezwind Egyptian: As Esperanto: rapide (eo) Estonian: kiiresti (et) Finnish: nopeasti (fi), äkkiä (fi) French: rapidement (fr), vite (fr) German: schnell (de), rasch (de), geschwind (de) Greek: γρήγορα (el) Hawaiian: wikiwiki Hebrew: מהר (he) Hindi: जल्दी से (hi) (jaldī se), जल्दी (hi) (jaldī) Ido: rapide (io) Indonesian: dengan cepat (id) Interlingua: rapido, rapidemente

Italian: rapidamente (it) m. Japanese: 速く (ja) (はやく, hayaku) Korean: 빨리 (ko) (ppalli) Kurdish: به‌هه‌ڵه‌داوان, به‌ په‌له‌وه‌, به‌گورجی Latin: cito (la), celeriter (la) Lojban: sutra (jbo) Navajo: hah Norwegian: fort (no) Old English: hrædlīċe (ang) Polish: szybko (pl), prędko (pl), bystro (pl) Portuguese: rápido (pt), rapidamente (pt) Romanian: rapid (ro), repede (ro) Russian: быстро (ru) (býstro), скоро (ru) (skóro) Scottish Gaelic: gu grad (gd) Spanish: rápido, con velocidad, rápidamente Telugu: త్వరగా (tvaragaa) Turkish: çabuk (tr) Ukrainian: швидко (uk) (švýdko) Urdu: جلدی سے (ur) (jaldī se), جلدی (ur) (jaldī) Vietnamese: nhanh (vi), mau (vi) West Frisian: hurd, fluch, gau

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: step · turning · village · #813: quickly · lie · supposed · original