(~er, ~est)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Someone or something that is ~ moves or does things with great speed.
You’ll have to be ~. The flight leaves in about three hours...
I think I’m a reasonably ~ learner...
? slow
ADJ
~ly
Cussane worked ~ly and methodically...
? slowly
ADV: ADV with v
~ness
...the natural ~ness of his mind.
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2.
Quicker is sometimes used to mean ‘at a greater speed’, and ~est to mean ‘at the greatest speed’. Quick is sometimes used to mean ‘with great speed’. Some people consider this to be non-standard. (INFORMAL)
Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve ~er...
ADV: ADV after v
3.
Something that is ~ takes or lasts only a short time.
He took one last ~ look about the room...
Although this recipe looks long, it is actually very ~ to prepare...
ADJ
~ly
You can become fitter quite ~ly and easily.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay.
These investors feel the need to make ~ profits.
= speedy
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
It ~ly became the most popular men’s fragrance in the world...
ADV: ADV with v
5.
Quick is sometimes used to mean ‘with very little delay’. (INFORMAL)
I got away as ~ as I could...
ADV: ADV after v
6.
If you are ~ to do something, you do not hesitate to do it.
Mark says the ideas are Katie’s own, and is ~ to praise her talent...
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf
7.
If someone has a ~ temper, they are easily made angry.
ADJ: ADJ n
8.
If something cuts you to the ~, it makes you feel very upset. (LITERARY)
I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
~ as a flash: see flash
~ off the mark: see mark
~ on the uptake: see uptake