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quickly adverb 1. swiftly, rapidly, hurriedly, speedily, fast, quick, hastily, briskly, at high speed, apace, at full speed, hell for leather (informal), like lightning, at the speed of light, at full tilt, hotfoot, at a rate of knots (informal), like the clappers (Brit. informal), pdq (slang), like nobody's business (informal), with all speed, posthaste, lickety-split (U.S. informal), like greased lightning (informal), at or on the double She turned and ran quickly up the stairs to the flat above. swiftly slowly, sluggishly, unhurriedly 2. soon, speedily, as soon as possible, momentarily (U.S.), instantaneously, pronto (informal), a.s.a.p. (informal) You can become fitter quickly and easily. 3. immediately, instantly, at once, directly, promptly, abruptly, without delay, expeditiously The meeting quickly adjourned. 4. briefly, hastily, hurriedly, superficially, fleetingly, in haste, perfunctorily, briskly, desultorily, cursorily I quickly looked at her papers while she was out of the room. Translations quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] ADV 1. (= fast) [move, work] → deprisa, rápidamente I'm working as quickly as I can → estoy trabajando lo más rápido or lo mas rápidamente que puedo, no puedo trabajar más deprisa he talks too quickly for me to understand → habla demasiado deprisa y no le entiendo 2. (= with minimal delay) [arrive, answer, react] → en seguida, con prontitud(more frm) the police were quickly on the scene → la policía llegó en seguida they answered quickly → contestaron pronto success quickly followed → el éxito llegó en seguida or muy poco después come as quickly as you can → ven cuanto antes 3. (= not lengthily) [embrace, smile] → rápidamente he glanced quickly at the note → echó un vistazo rápido a la nota quickly [ˈkwɪkli] adv quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] adv → velocemente, rapidamente "certainly not" she said quickly → "certo che" no disse velocemente we must act quickly → dobbiamo agire tempestivamente quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] adv → velocemente, rapidamente "certainly not" she said quickly → "certo che" no disse velocemente we must act quickly → dobbiamo agire tempestivamente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then quickly the people of the Westerns stepped upon the plain. For these reasons Louis the Twelfth, King of France, quickly occupied Milan, and as quickly lost it; and to turn him out the first time it only needed Lodovico's own forces; because those who had opened the gates to him, finding themselves deceived in their hopes of future benefit, would not endure the ill-treatment of the new prince. But the duck swam quickly to her, seized her head in its beak and drew her into the water, and there the old witch had to drown. |
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