speed·y

(spē′dē)

adj. speed·i·er, speed·i·est

1. Characterized by rapid motion; swift.

2. Accomplished or arrived at without delay; prompt. See Synonyms at fast¹.

speed′i·ly adv.

speed′i·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.

speedily - with rapid movements; "he works quickly"

apace, chop-chop, quickly, rapidly

speedily

adverb quickly, rapidly, swiftly, fast, promptly, hastily, briskly, expeditiously This review is being conducted as speedily as possible.

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Translations

بِسُرْعَه، بِعَجَلَه

rychle

hurtigt

schnell

diligemment promptement

snarlega

hızlasüratle

迅速地

speedily

[ˈspiːdɪlɪ] ADV (= quickly) → rápidamente, con la mayor prontitud; (= promptly) → prontamente, en seguida

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

speedily

[ˈspiːdɪli] adv → rapidement, promptement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

speedily

adv → schnell; reply, return → prompt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

speedily

[ˈspiːdɪlɪ] adv (see adj) → velocemente, rapidamente, prontamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

speed

(spiːd) noun

1. rate of moving. a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.

2. quickness of moving.

verb

1. (past tense, past participles sped (sped) ˈspeeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry. The car sped/speeded along the motorway.

2. (past tense, past participle ˈspeeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law. The policeman said that I had been speeding.

ˈspeeding noun

driving at (an illegally) high speed. He was fined for speeding.

ˈspeedy adjective

done, carried out etc quickly. a speedy answer.

ˈspeedily adverb

ˈspeediness noun

ˈspeed bump noun

a raised part across the road to make drivers slow down.

ˈspeed trap noun

a device used by the police to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit.

speedometer (spiːˈdomitə) noun

an instrument on a car etc showing how fast one is travelling.

speed up – past tense, past participle ˈspeeded

–

1. to increase speed. The car speeded up as it left the town.

2. to quicken the rate of. We are trying to speed up production.

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As a young man I was an evident failure, and so, having made the countersign, I was speedily transformed to my old self; and I must say that it was a most comfortable feeling, something like getting back again into an old coat or an old pair of shoes.

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Your restoration to peace will, I doubt not, speedily follow this act of filial obedience, and I flatter myself with the hope of surviving my share in this disappointment.

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We have already reached a very high latitude; but it is the height of summer, and although not so warm as in England, the southern gales, which blow us speedily towards those shores which I so ardently desire to attain, breathe a degree of renovating warmth which I had not expected.

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Nothing was visible, nor could be visible, to us, except Straight Lines; and the necessity of this I will speedily demonstrate.

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It is the care of some, only to come off speedily for the time; or to contrive some false periods of business, because they may seem men of dispatch.

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Simpson speedily bartered with a man "over Wareham way," and got in exchange for it an old horse which his owner did not need, as he was leaving town to visit his daughter for a year, Simpson fattened the aged animal, keeping him for several weeks (at early morning or after nightfall) in one neighbor's pasture after another, and then exchanged him with a Milltown man for a top buggy.

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The hermit speedily unbolted his portal, and admitted Locksley, with his two companions.

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"Nay," he replied, "but I shall speedily feel better if you will fetch me that same beggar and let me have a fair chance at him."

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The descent was effected by means of metallic bars projecting from the sides of the well, and these being adapted to the needs of a creature much smaller and lighter than myself, I was speedily cramped and fatigued by the descent.

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There are not enough soup-kitchens and bread-lines to go around, you know, and when men have nothing in their purses they usually die, and die miserably--unless they are able to fill their purses pretty speedily."

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Distance does the same beneficent work far more speedily, and (when assisted by Change) far more effectually as well.

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The New York police was speedily hard at work, and a foolish contest in full swing between impassioned citizens resolved to keep the flag flying, and irritated and worried officers instructed to pull it down.

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