Synonyms for quickly
ˈkwɪk liquick·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 9 votes

1. quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apaceadverb

   with rapid movements

   "he works quickly"

   Synonyms:
   cursorily, rapidly, chop-chop, speedily, quick, apace, promptly

   Antonyms:
   easy, slow, slowly, tardily

2. promptly, quickly, quickadverb

   with little or no delay

   "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

   Synonyms:
   rapidly, pronto, chop-chop, speedily, cursorily, readily, right away, quick, apace, promptly

   Antonyms:
   easy, slow, tardily, slowly

3. cursorily, quicklyadverb

   without taking pains

   "he looked cursorily through the magazine"

   Synonyms:
   cursorily, rapidly, chop-chop, speedily, quick, apace, promptly

   Antonyms:
   tardily, slowly, slow, easy

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suddenlyadverb

   i suddenly realised what was happening...

   Submitted by elsieportman on June 9, 2023  

2. whizzed

   the baseball (whizzed) through the air. baseball moved (quickly) through the air

   Submitted by rinat on August 19, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. quicklyadjective

   Synonyms:
   speedily, swiftly, rapidly, soon, quick, immediately, with haste, with celerity, without delay, post-haste

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "quickly":

   rapidly, swiftly, fast, soon, promptly, speedily, quick, expeditiously, rapid, hurry, urgently, briefly, early, prompt, timely, swift, readily, shortly, faster, speedy, sooner, immediately

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1. President Brad Smith:

   Regulators don't typically get all that concerned about a company becoming number three, but we're not in the world of 2018 or 2019, it's 2022. And we recognize there will be more scrutiny of any large acquisition that is being made by a large tech company. So I think that it really behooves us to step forward quickly and proactively and be very transparent about how we will manage this business, with a clear eye toward the competition law issues and responsibilities that we have.

2. Toby Sembower:

   Creating a detailed budget will force you to make decisions on what’s most important, and what’s not, in spending that money, costs can get out of hand very quickly if you’re not adhering to a budget, which could leave you short on working capital for opportunities (or costly problems) that may arise.

3. Leif Olson:

   The long and short of it, Your Honor, is that the public interest is served by having the case decided fairly and quickly. That is available in the Victoria Division.

4. Florida Gov. DeSantis:

   What we're looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation, the goal is to ensure the integrity of the stack system as quickly as possible in order to minimize impacts to local residents and to prevent an uncontrolled discharge.

5. Sheriff Casey Graham:

   It was a very quick storm. It felt like it moved very quickly throughout the county.