Synonyms for swiftly
- adverb
Most common
Definitions
- adv. 1
In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Example sentences
- quickly I'd like you to quickly look over these documents.
- rapidly Hope of finding the child alive is fading rapidly.
- fleetly How fleetly in my damage cruel Fortune has changed!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| swiftly | rising | |
| quickly | rising | |
| rapidly | falling | |
| speedily | falling | |
| expeditiously | falling | |
| trippingly | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fast1
- 5 letters
- apace2
- 7 letters
- quickly2, rapidly3, fleetly
- 8 letters
- speedily3
- 10 letters
- trippingly
- 13 letters
- expeditiously5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apace2 = 2 syllables).