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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial quickly has 3 senses

• quickly(r = adv.all) apace, chop-chop, rapidly, speedily - with rapid movements; "he works quickly"
Antonym: slowly

• quickly(r = adv.all) promptly, quick - with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
• quickly(r = adv.all) cursorily - without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine"

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THESAURUS

quickly

PDQ, agilely, amain, animatedly, anxiously, apace, at flank speed, at once, at the double, avidly, breathlessly, briefly, by forced marches, cursorily, decisively, directly, double-quick, eagerly, enthusiastically, expeditiously, fast, feverishly, flat-out, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly, for a moment, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hand over hand, hastily, headlong, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, immediately, impatiently, impetuously, impulsively, in an instant, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in no time, in passing, in seven-league boots, instanter, instantly, keenly, lickety-cut, lickety-split, momentarily, nimbly, on the double, on the instant, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, post, posthaste, precipitately, pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quick, rapidly, rashly, readily, recklessly, right away, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, snappily, speedily, spryly, straightaway, straightway, subito, suddenly, summarily, superficially, swiftly, transiently, trippingly, under forced draft, vivaciously, whip and spur, with a rush, with alacrity, with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with giant strides, with gusto, with haste, with open arms, with rapid strides, with relish, with speed, with zest, without delay, without further delay, zestfully

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quickly

Earliness

N earliness, morning, punctuality, promptitude, haste, suddenness, prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation, a stitch in time, early, prime, forward, prompt, summary, premature, precipitate, precocious, prevenient, anticipatory, rath, sudden, unexpected, near, near at hand, immediate, early, soon, anon, betimes, rath, eft, eftsoons, ere long, before long, shortly, beforehand, prematurely, precipitately, too soon, before its time, before one's time, in anticipation, unexpectedly, suddenly, before one can say 'Jack Robinson', at short notice, extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, at once, on the spot, on the instant, at sight, offhand, out of hand, a' vue d'oeil, straight, straightway, straightforth, forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly, no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre.

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