quickly

adverb

quick·​ly

ˈkwiklē, 

-li

1

: in a quick manner: such as

a

: rapidly, speedily

had got rich quickly

—J. D. Hart

b

: without delay : soon

said she would hear from him quickly

2

archaic : in a sensitively responsive manner : with sensitivity

the language was still too rich and stiff to turn and twist quickly and freely upon half a sheet of notepaper

—Virginia Woolf

Word History

Etymology

Middle English quikly, from quik, quike quick + -ly

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Rhymes for quickly

• prickly
• sickly
• thickly