as in quickly
with great speed
he speedily finished the yard work and left to play ball
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speedily
Adverb
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Yet Sonos failed to act swiftly and offered inadequate fixes, according to Jefferies’ Thill.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025 -
Teodor swiftly steps into the breach; Rakel, thrust into a supportive preacher’s-wife role that is increasingly at odds with her job as a local educator, grows skeptical that he’s really motivated by spiritual devotion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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There are now 20 times more selection that can be delivered twice as fast since Amazon Prime started in 2005, said Ghani.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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In This Story: What makes hair grow faster? Do hair growth masks actually work?—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The weekend’s roll of maddening moves came quicker than most could handle.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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Catch up quick: Abbott last year spent millions to oust 11 Republican lawmakers who voted against school vouchers.—
Nicole Cobler,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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They could soon be joined by tens of thousands of Syrians forcibly deported by neighboring countries that may use Assad’s departure as a pretext to expel them.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Book soon, past events have filled up with thousands of visitors.—
Anna Spiegel,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The Japanese government promptly purchased more than 100 copies of Yardley’s book, sending it to embassies and legations to encourage them to strengthen their codes.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter’s Oopsie-Daisy Sabrina Carpenter Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic Stepping out in a glittery tux carrying (and promptly dropping) a sparkly dance cane, Sabrina Carpenter staged a classic Hollywood musical number as a blooper reel, complete with a full-troupe tap routine.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Speedily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedily. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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