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quickly

adv · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkwɪkli/
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  • rhymes with -ɪkli
  • CMU ARPABET: K W IH1 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at speed, apace

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Very soon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

with rapid movements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he works quickly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace

Antonyms: slowly

4

adverb

Meaning 4

with little or no delay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the rescue squad arrived promptly
  • come here, quick!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: promptly, quick

Antonyms: none provided

5

adverb

Meaning 5

without taking pains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he looked cursorily through the magazine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cursorily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghwan: 𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔼-𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔼 (usi-usi) — rapidly, fast
  • Albanian: shpejt — rapidly, fast
  • Chungli Ao: yakta — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: بِسُرْعَة (bisurʕa) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: عَاجِلًا (ʕājilan) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: بِسُرْعَة (besurʕa) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: قَوَام (ʔawām) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: بِسُرْعَة (bisurʕa) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: قَوَام (gawām) — rapidly, fast
  • Libyan Arabic: فيسع — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: بالزربة (b-ez-zarba) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: بِسُرْعَة (bsurʕa) — rapidly, fast
  • Arabic: قَوَام (qawām) — rapidly, fast
  • Armenian: արագ (arag) — rapidly, fast
  • Assamese: সোনকালে (xünkale) — rapidly, fast
  • Azerbaijani: tez — rapidly, fast
  • Azerbaijani: cəld — rapidly, fast
  • Azerbaijani: tezbazar — rapidly, fast
  • Bashkir: тиҙ (tiź) — rapidly, fast
  • Bashkir: шәп (şəp) — rapidly, fast
  • Belarusian: ху́тка (xútka) — rapidly, fast
  • Belarusian: шы́бка (šýbka) — rapidly, fast
  • Belarusian: шпа́рка (špárka) — rapidly, fast
  • Belarusian: бо́рзда (bórzda) — rapidly, fast
  • Belarusian: пру́дка (prúdka) — rapidly, fast
  • Belarusian: ско́ра (skóra) — rapidly, fast
  • Bengali: জলদি (joldi) — rapidly, fast
  • Bengali: তাড়াতাড়ি (taṛataṛi) — rapidly, fast
  • Breton: buan — rapidly, fast
  • Bulgarian: бъ́рзо (bǎ́rzo) — rapidly, fast
  • Burmese: အမြန် (a.mran) — rapidly, fast
  • Burmese: မြန်မြန် (mranmran) — rapidly, fast
  • Catalan: ràpidament — rapidly, fast
  • Catalan: de pressa — rapidly, fast
  • Catalan: prest — rapidly, fast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迅速地 (xùnsù de) — rapidly, fast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快速地 (kuàisù de) — rapidly, fast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急速地 (jísù de) — rapidly, fast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 趕快地 /赶快地 (gǎnkuài de) — rapidly, fast
  • Maore Comorian: haraka — rapidly, fast
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ha mbwiri — rapidly, fast
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ha haraka — rapidly, fast
  • Ngazidja Comorian: haraka — rapidly, fast
  • Czech: rychle — rapidly, fast
  • Czech: honem — rapidly, fast
  • Czech: valem — rapidly, fast
  • Dagbani: biribbirib — rapidly, fast
  • Danish: hurtig — rapidly, fast
  • Danish: hurtigt — rapidly, fast
  • Dutch: snel — rapidly, fast
  • Dutch: vlug — rapidly, fast
  • Dutch: gauw — rapidly, fast
  • Dutch: spoedig — rapidly, fast
  • Dutch: gezwind — rapidly, fast
  • Egyptian: A-s-V2:D54 (ꜣs) — rapidly, fast
  • Esperanto: rapide — rapidly, fast
  • Estonian: kiiresti — rapidly, fast
  • Faroese: skjótt — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: nopeasti — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: äkkiä — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: pikaisesti — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: hetkessä — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: suitsait — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: kiireesti — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: kiireellä — rapidly, fast
  • Finnish: kovaa — rapidly, fast
  • French: rapidement — rapidly, fast
  • French: vite — rapidly, fast
  • West-Frisian: hurd — rapidly, fast
  • West-Frisian: fluch — rapidly, fast
  • West-Frisian: gau — rapidly, fast
  • Galician: rápido — rapidly, fast
  • Galician: rapidamente — rapidly, fast
  • Galician: lixeiro — rapidly, fast
  • Georgian: სწრაფად (sc̣rapad) — rapidly, fast
  • Georgian: ჩქარა (čkara) — rapidly, fast
  • Georgian: უცბად (ucbad) — rapidly, fast
  • German: schnell — rapidly, fast
  • German: rasch — rapidly, fast
  • German: geschwind — rapidly, fast
  • Greek: γρήγορα (grígora) — rapidly, fast
  • Ancient Greek: τάχα (tákha) — rapidly, fast
  • Ancient Greek: ταχέως (takhéōs) — rapidly, fast
  • Ancient Greek: θοῶς (thoôs) — rapidly, fast
  • Greek: γλήγορα (glígora) — rapidly, fast
  • Gujarati: જલદીથી (jaldīthī) — rapidly, fast
  • Hawaiian: wikiwiki — rapidly, fast
  • Hebrew: מַהֵר (mahér) — rapidly, fast
  • Hindi: झटपट (jhaṭpaṭ) — rapidly, fast
  • Hindi: जल्दी से (jaldī se) — rapidly, fast
  • Hungarian: gyorsan — rapidly, fast
  • Icelandic: fljótt — rapidly, fast
  • Ido: rapide — rapidly, fast
  • Indonesian: dengan cepat — rapidly, fast
  • Ingrian: ruttoo — rapidly, fast
  • Ingrian: kiiree — rapidly, fast
  • Ingrian: koht — rapidly, fast
  • Interlingua: rapido — rapidly, fast
  • Interlingua: rapidemente — rapidly, fast
  • Irish: go haibéil — rapidly, fast
  • Italian: rapidamente — rapidly, fast
  • Japanese: 速く (hayaku) — rapidly, fast
  • Japanese: どんどん (dondon) — rapidly, fast
  • Kazakh: тез (tez) — rapidly, fast
  • Khmer: ញាប់ (ñŏəp) — rapidly, fast
  • Khmer: ត្រឹង (trəng) — rapidly, fast
  • Khmer: ត្រុយ — rapidly, fast
  • Korean: 빨리 (ppalli) — rapidly, fast
  • Korean: 어서 (eoseo) — rapidly, fast
  • Central Kurdish: بەھەڵەداوان (behelledawan) — rapidly, fast
  • Central Kurdish: بە پەلەوە (be pelewe) — rapidly, fast
  • Central Kurdish: بەگورجی (begurcî) — rapidly, fast
  • Northern Kurdish: zû — rapidly, fast
  • Northern Kurdish: bi lez — rapidly, fast
  • Northern Kurdish: lezgîn — rapidly, fast
  • Kyrgyz: тез (tez) — rapidly, fast
  • Lao: ໄວໆ (wai wai) — rapidly, fast
  • Lao: ກຸ່ນ (kun) — rapidly, fast
  • Lao: ໄວ (wai) — rapidly, fast
  • Latin: citō — rapidly, fast
  • Latin: celeriter — rapidly, fast
  • Latvian: ātri — rapidly, fast
  • Lithuanian: greitai — rapidly, fast
  • Macedonian: брзо (brzo) — rapidly, fast
  • Malay: dengan cepat — rapidly, fast
  • Malay: lekas — rapidly, fast
  • Malay: lajak — rapidly, fast
  • Malay: segera — rapidly, fast
  • Malay: chedera — rapidly, fast
  • Malayalam: പെട്ടെന്ന് (peṭṭennŭ) — rapidly, fast
  • Marathi: लवकर (lavkar) — rapidly, fast
  • Eastern Mari: виян (vijan) — rapidly, fast
  • Middle English: quykly — rapidly, fast
  • Mongolian: хурдан (xurdan) — rapidly, fast
  • Mongolian: түргэн (türgen) — rapidly, fast
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠷᠳᠤᠨ (qurdun) — rapidly, fast
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠷᠭᠡᠨ (türgen) — rapidly, fast
  • Navajo: hah — rapidly, fast
  • Navajo: haneetehee — rapidly, fast
  • Norman: vite — rapidly, fast
  • Norman: rapidement — rapidly, fast
  • Norwegian: fort — rapidly, fast
  • Odia: ଶୀଘ୍ର (śighra) — rapidly, fast
  • Ojibwe: wewiib — rapidly, fast
  • Old English: hrædlīċe — rapidly, fast
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: toste — rapidly, fast
  • Old Norse: skjótt — rapidly, fast
  • Old Norse: fljótt — rapidly, fast
  • Pashto: زر (zǝr) — rapidly, fast
  • Pashto: ژر (žər) — rapidly, fast
  • Persian: تند (tond) — rapidly, fast
  • Persian: بهسرعت (be-sor'at) — rapidly, fast
  • Persian: سریعاً (sari'an) — rapidly, fast
  • Persian: جلدی (jaldi) — rapidly, fast
  • Persian: بهتندی (be-tondi) — rapidly, fast
  • Plautdietsch: fluks — rapidly, fast
  • Polish: szybko — rapidly, fast
  • Polish: prędko — rapidly, fast
  • Polish: bystro — rapidly, fast
  • Portuguese: rápido — rapidly, fast
  • Portuguese: rapidamente — rapidly, fast
  • Portuguese: depressa — rapidly, fast
  • Punjabi: ਛੇਤੀ (chetī) — rapidly, fast
  • Punjabi: چھیتِی (chetī) — rapidly, fast
  • Romani: sig — rapidly, fast
  • Romanian: rapid — rapidly, fast
  • Romanian: repede — rapidly, fast
  • Russian: бы́стро (býstro) — rapidly, fast
  • Russian: ско́ро (skóro) — rapidly, fast
  • Sanskrit: आशु (āśu) — rapidly, fast
  • Sanskrit: मक्षू (makṣū) — rapidly, fast
  • Scottish Gaelic: gu grad — rapidly, fast
  • Serbo-Croatian: бр̑зо — rapidly, fast
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȓzo — rapidly, fast
  • Shan: ၽႂ်း (pháue) — rapidly, fast
  • Slovak: rýchlo — rapidly, fast
  • Slovene: hítro — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: con velocidad — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: con prontitud — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: con celeridad — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: con presteza — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: deprisa — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: velozmente — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: céleremente — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: a todo ful — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: al toque — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: en dos toques — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: aceleradamente — rapidly, fast
  • Spanish: acceleradamente — rapidly, fast
  • Sylheti: ꠎꠟ꠆ꠖꠤ (zoldi) — rapidly, fast
  • Tajik: тез (tez) — rapidly, fast
  • Tajik: зуд (zud) — rapidly, fast
  • Tamil: சீக்கிரமாக (cīkkiramāka) — rapidly, fast
  • Tamil: சீக்கிரம் (cīkkiram) — rapidly, fast
  • Tamil: விரைவில் (viraivil) — rapidly, fast
  • Tatar: тиз (tiz) — rapidly, fast
  • Telugu: త్వరగా (tvaragā) — rapidly, fast
  • Thai: เร็ว (reo) — rapidly, fast
  • Thai: ไว (wai) — rapidly, fast
  • Northern Thai: ᩅᩮᩥ᩠ᨿ — rapidly, fast
  • Tocharian B: ramer — rapidly, fast
  • Turkish: çabuk — rapidly, fast
  • Turkish: tez — rapidly, fast
  • Turkmen: çalt — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: шви́дко (švýdko) — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: би́стро (býstro) — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: ско́ро (skóro) — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: пру́дко (prúdko) — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: ху́тко (xútko) — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: шпа́рко (špárko) — rapidly, fast
  • Ukrainian: бо́рзо (bórzo) — rapidly, fast
  • Urdu: جلدی سے (jaldī se) — rapidly, fast
  • Urdu: جلدی (jaldī) — rapidly, fast
  • Urdu: فٹافٹ (faṭāfaṭ) — rapidly, fast
  • Urdu: جھٹ پٹ (jhaṭ-paṭ) — rapidly, fast
  • Uyghur: تېز (tëz) — rapidly, fast
  • Uzbek: tez — rapidly, fast
  • Uzbek: tezda — rapidly, fast
  • Vietnamese: nhanh — rapidly, fast
  • Vietnamese: mau — rapidly, fast
  • Vietnamese: lẹ — rapidly, fast
  • Walloon: radmint — rapidly, fast
  • Walloon: raddimint — rapidly, fast
  • Walloon: vitmint — rapidly, fast
  • Walloon: abeydimint — rapidly, fast
  • Yiddish: געשווינד (geshvind) — rapidly, fast
  • Yiddish: גיך (gikh) — rapidly, fast
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