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quick  (kwk)
adj. quick·er, quick·est
1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy.
2. Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright: a quick mind.
3.
a. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen.
b. Reacting immediately and sharply: a quick temper.
4.
a. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time: a quick rise through the ranks; a quick profit.
b. Done or occurring immediately: a quick inspection. See Synonyms at fast1.
5. Tending to react hastily: quick to find fault.
6. Archaic
a. Alive.
b. Pregnant.
n.
1. Sensitive or raw exposed flesh, as under the fingernails.
2. The most personal and sensitive aspect of the emotions.
3. The living: the quick and the dead.
4. The vital core; the essence: got to the quick of the matter.
adv. quicker, quickest
Quickly; promptly.

[Middle English, alive, lively, quick, from Old English cwicu, alive; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

quickly adv.
quickness n.
Usage Note: In speech quick is commonly used as an adverb in phrases such as Come quick. In formal writing, however, quickly is required.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.quickly - with rapid movements; "he works quickly"
slow, slowly, tardily, easy - without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
2.quickly - with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
3.quickly - without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine"

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 << OPPOSITE slowly
adverb 2. soon, speedily, as soon as possible, momentarily U.S. instantaneously, pronto (informal) a.s.a.p. (informal)
Translations
Spanish quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] advrápidamente, de prisa;
we must act quickly → tenemos que actuar cuanto antes

French quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] quick adv (= fast) → vite, rapidement (= immediately); tout de suite
German quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] quick advschnell
Italian quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] advrapidamente, velocemente;
we must act quickly → dobbiamo agire tempestivamente

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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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