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Synonyms for quickly

Most common

rapidly speedily fast swiftly

All synonyms

Adverb

1. Rapidly — rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition

rapidly, speedily, fast, swiftly, soon, quick, immediately, promptly, expeditiously, apace, hastily, hurriedly, in short order, directly, pronto informal, feverishly, chop-chop

Definitions

  1. adv. 1

    Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.

    Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.

Related words

Word family
quick
Phrases
move quickly

Example sentences

  • soon Soon the bath was cool enough for him to get into.
  • rapidly Hope of finding the child alive is fading rapidly.
  • swiftly Troops were swiftly called in to put down the riot.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
quicklyrising
soonrising
rapidlyfalling
swiftlyrising
speedilyfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
soon1, fast1
5 letters
quick1, apace2
6 letters
pronto2, yarely
7 letters
rapidly3, swiftly2, hastily3
8 letters
directly3, promptly2, speedily3
9 letters
hurriedly3, cursorily
10 letters
feverishly4
11 letters
immediately5
13 letters
expeditiously5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apace2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
vite
Italiano
velocemente
Español
rápido
Deutsch
schnell