quickly

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.

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

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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.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	quickly - with rapid movements; "he works quickly" apace, chop-chop, rapidly, speedily 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!" promptly, quick
	3.	quickly - without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine" cursorily

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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

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quickly [ˈkwɪkli] adv

(= fast) → vite, rapidement
It was all over very quickly → Ça s'est passé très vite.

(= soon) → vite
She quickly realized she was wrong → Elle s'est vite rendu compte qu'elle avait tort.
She wants to get the whole thing over with as quickly as possible → Elle veut en finir le plus vite or rapidement possible.
to react quickly to sth → réagir rapidement à qch

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quickly

adv → schnell; as quickly as I can → so schnell (wie) ich kann

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quickly [ˈkwɪklɪ] adv → velocemente, rapidamente
"certainly not" she said quickly → "certo che" no disse velocemente
we must act quickly → dobbiamo agire tempestivamente

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