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expeditiously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S P AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In an expeditious manner, quickly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apace, expeditiously, fast, hastily, hurriedly, posthaste, quicksome, rapidly, speedily, soon, swiftly, with dispatch, at the high port, balls-out, balls to the wall, cranking, flat out, full throttle, hauling, hauling ass, hell-for-leather, hell-bent for leather, lickety-split, like a bat out of hell, like a blue-arsed fly, like a dose of salts, like a rat up a drainpipe, like gangbusters, like shit through a goose, like the clappers, like there is no tomorrow, like the wind, screaming, before you can say Jack Robinson, in a flash, in a jiffy, in no time, in the twinkling of an eye, in two shakes, on the double, PDQ, pronto, quick as a flash, quick as a wink, on the pdq, toot sweet

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with efficiency; in an efficient manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he functions efficiently

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: efficiently

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English expeditious Middle English -ly English -ly English expeditiously From expeditious + -ly.