QUICKLY


Meaning of QUICKLY in English

ˈkwiklē, -li adverb

Etymology: Middle English quikly, from quik, quike quick + -ly — more at quick

1. : in a quick manner: as

a. : rapidly , speedily

had got rich quickly — J.D.Hart

b. : without delay : soon

said she would hear from him quickly

2. archaic : in a sensitively responsive manner : with sensitivity

the language was still too rich and stiff to turn and twist quickly and freely upon half a sheet of notepaper — Virginia Woolf

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