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Extremely fast, fast as lightning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fulgurant, lightning-quick, quick as a flash, in a flash
Antonyms: none provided
Extremely quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quick as a flash, in a flash, lightningly
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
lynhurtig
— fast as lightning
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Dutch:
bliksemsnel
— fast as lightning
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Esperanto:
fulmrapida
— fast as lightning
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Finnish:
salamannopea
— fast as lightning
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French:
éclair
— fast as lightning
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French:
foudroyant
— fast as lightning
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French:
rapide comme l'éclair
— fast as lightning
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Galician:
lixeiro coma un lóstrego
— fast as lightning
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German:
blitzschnell
— fast as lightning
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German:
blitzgeschwind
— fast as lightning
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German:
blitzartig
— fast as lightning
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Greek:
κεραυνοβόλος
(keravnovólos)
— fast as lightning
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Greek:
αστραπιαίος
(astrapiaíos)
— fast as lightning
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Ancient Greek:
ἀελλόπος
(aellópos)
— fast as lightning
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Hungarian:
villámgyors
— fast as lightning
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Interlingua:
fulminee
— fast as lightning
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Italian:
fulmineo
— fast as lightning
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Italian:
veloce come un fulmine
— fast as lightning
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Italian:
veloce come un lampo
— fast as lightning
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Macedonian:
молневит
(molnevit)
— fast as lightning
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lynrask
— fast as lightning
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
lynrask
— fast as lightning
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Polish:
błyskawiczny
— fast as lightning
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Polish:
błyskawicowy
— fast as lightning
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Russian:
молниено́сный
(molnijenósnyj)
— fast as lightning
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Northern Sami:
dolalaš
— fast as lightning
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Serbo-Croatian:
муњѐвит
— fast as lightning
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Serbo-Croatian:
munjèvit
— fast as lightning
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Spanish:
fulminante
— fast as lightning
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Swedish:
blixtsnabb
— fast as lightning
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Ukrainian:
блискави́чний
(blyskavýčnyj)
— fast as lightning
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Vietnamese:
chớp nhoáng
— fast as lightning