swiftly

adverb

swift·​ly ˈswif(t)-lē How to pronounce swiftly (audio)
: in a swift manner : with speed : quickly

Examples of swiftly in a Sentence

swiftly established himself as a star in Hollywood
Recent Examples on the Web But the motion went swiftly to a vote after only brief debate. CBS News, 12 June 2024 Footage purportedly showing the aftermath of the daylight attack, which emerged on Chinese social media on Monday but was swiftly censored, showed two men and a woman lying on the ground covered in large blood stains, surrounded by onlookers. Nectar Gan, CNN, 11 June 2024 While the fundamentals of the South African situation remain largely unchanged, its outward lineaments are shifting swiftly. Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024 There’s also a dearth of global policies that could incentivize companies to swiftly scale up their carbon removal capacity, the report notes. Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 9 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for swiftly 

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swiftly was before the 12th century

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“Swiftly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swiftly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.

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