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. Kevin Butler:

   The idea came quickly, one glance at the cooler and I saw the shape and color scheme of an old split-window.

2. Spokeswoman Caroline Laurin:

   Smoke was coming in pretty steadily. Some people were fine and some people were just hurting pretty quickly.

3. Craig Erlam:

   Tensions between the U.S. and Iran appear to have eased almost as quickly as they escalated, brent is trading back around $65 and is looking pretty stable at this point. Barring any further escalation in the Middle East, we could see oil prices stabilize around these levels in the near term.

4. Chip Roy:

   Part of the problem here is that when you have things pass quickly, without the ability to review it, you're then accepting all of the language in a bill, every one of those sentences matter.

5. David Madden:

   Fears are circulating that some investment funds might be quickly closing out positions as a way of shoring up their cash, it is early days yet but we might see selling pressure ramp up for fear there could be a stampede for the exit.