LICKETY-SPLIT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

lickety-split

adverb

ˌli-kə-tē-ˈsplit

Definition of lickety-split

as in quickly

with great speed the scared dog ran lickety-split for home

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Recent Examples of lickety-split Mexico had apparently agreed to it, but the deal was derailed by the Mexican-American War, and California lickety-split became a part of the United States. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025 That means the Neapolitan-style pizzas are served lickety-split and the crust bubbles up extra chewy with tasty, charred edges. — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025 Self-serve kiosks now allow people who prefer lickety-split transactions to simply scan a QR code, drop their package or unboxed return item, and leave. — Heather Newman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Thankfully, the accelerator isn’t overly sensitive, because pinning it rockets the MoonBike to its 26-mph claimed top speed lickety-split. — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2023

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Adverb

Yet subsequent agreements have followed a similar pattern, the officials said, with Feinberg’s private-sector hires at OSC and the newer Economic Defense Unit sidelining career officials in order to ink deals as quickly as possible.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The relationship quickly became serious and highly visible, with the pair making public appearances and Rodgers openly discussing their life together.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of quickly

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In its premiere, this was a Korean Cherry Orchard performed in Korean for audiences that needed no primer on its setting, the rapidly changing globalized city where the characters’ home is threatening to disappear.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
These will cause glucose to flood the bloodstream quite rapidly, and then your pancreas responds by pumping out all this insulin.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapidly

Adverb

As a result, Price matured much quicker than the other kids in the neighborhood while Butler persevered against cancer.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Back in Canada, Cohan said his wish list for the local TV industry is to become leaner and quick-footed on the regulatory front.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of quick

Adverb

The looming question is whether European leaders, institutions, and citizens can pivot swiftly enough so that the bloc can use its economic heft to take responsibility for its own security.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Kovacik, who suddenly saw people running to see what happened, later drove swiftly to the source of the smoke.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of swiftly

Adverb

Their aim was to get bills out the door sooner and for the county to pay back districts that took a financial hit because of prior billing delays.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
My colleague Howard Blume recently wrote about district officials pressing ahead with a multibillion-dollar modernization and rebuilding plan, raising questions about investing in campuses that soon may be shuttered.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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