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rapidly

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rapidly

with great speed

summer vacation has gone by way too rapidly

Synonyms of rapidly

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

Words Related to rapidly

immediately, promptly, readily

impetuously, impulsively, rashly, recklessly

abruptly, suddenly

energetically, vigorously

Phrases Synonymous with rapidly

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 of rapidly

laggardly, lingeringly, ploddingly, sluggishly

deliberately, leisurely

belatedly, delinquently, tardily

Antonyms of rapidly

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