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lickety-split

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Synonyms & Antonyms of lickety-split

with great speed

the scared dog ran lickety-split for home

Synonyms for lickety-split

apace,
briskly,
chop-chop,
double-quick,
fast,
fleetly,
full tilt,
hastily,
hell-for-leather,
hot,
posthaste,
presto,
pronto,
quick,
quickly,
rapidly,
snappily,
soon,
speedily,
swift,
swiftly

Words Related to lickety-split

immediately,
promptly,
readily

impetuously,
impulsively,
rashly,
recklessly

abruptly,
suddenly

energetically,
vigorously

Phrases Synonymous with lickety-split

a mile a minute,
at full throttle,
at full tilt,
by leaps and bounds,
in a hurry,
in short order,
like a shot,
like gangbusters,
like wildfire

Near Antonyms for lickety-split

laggardly,
lingeringly,
ploddingly,
sluggishly

deliberately,
leisurely

belatedly,
delinquently,
tardily

Antonyms for lickety-split

slow,
slowly

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Thesaurus Entries Near lickety-split

lickerishness

lickety-split

licking

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“Lickety-split.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lickety-split. Accessed 4 Oct. 2022.

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The first known use of lickety-split was circa 1859

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