n.
Function: adverb
1
Synonyms: HARD 7, firm, firmly, fixedly, solidly, steadfastly, tight, tightly
2 in a rapid manner FF1C; run up the hill as fast as you know how FF1E;
Synonyms: apace, chop-chop, expeditiously, flat-out, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, lickety-split, posthaste, presto, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly
Idioms: by leaps and bounds, in a flash, in a twinkling, in nothing flat, in short order, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house afire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like wildfire
Contrasted Words: deliberately, leisurely; apathetically, lethargically, sluggishly
Antonyms: slow, slowly