swiftly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈswɪftli/

Definition of swiftly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
    “Mrs. Piper cut short these piracies by swiftly removing his spoon.”
    “The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.”
    “Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour.”
    “[T]he early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.”

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Etymology

From Middle English swiftly, swyftely, swiftliche, from Old English swiftlīċe (“swiftly”), equivalent to swift + -ly.

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