quickly

English

Etymology

From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe, equivalent to quick +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪkli/
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Rhymes: -ɪkli

Adverb

quickly (comparative quicklier or more quickly, superlative quickliest or most quickly)

Rapidly; with speed; fast.
Very soon.
- 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
  Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.
If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

Usage notes

Although the comparative (quicklier) and superlative (quickliest) one-word forms exist and are and have been in limited use, the two-word forms (more quickly and most quickly) are much more common.

Related terms

quick (adjective and adverb)

Translations

rapidly, fast

Aghwan: 𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔼-𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔼 (usi-usi)
Albanian: shpejt (sq)
Arabic: بِسُرْعَة‎ (bisurʕa), عَاجِلًا‎ (ʕājilan)
Hijazi Arabic: بِسُرْعَة‎ (bisurʿa), قَوَام‎ (gawām)
Libyan Arabic: فيسع‎
Moroccan Arabic: بالزربة‎ (b-ez-zarba)
Armenian: արագ (hy) (arag)
Assamese: সোনকালে (xünkale)
Azerbaijani: tez (az), cəld (az), tezbazar
Bashkir: тиҙ (tið), шәп (şäp)
Belarusian: ху́тка (xútka), шы́бка (šýbka), шпа́рка (špárka), бо́рзда (bórzda), пру́дка (prúdka), ско́ра (skóra)
Bengali: জলদি (bn) (jôldi), তাড়াতাড়ি (taṛataṛi)
Breton: buan (br)
Bulgarian: бъ́рзо (bg) n (bǎ́rzo)
Burmese: အမြန် (a.mran), မြန်မြန် (mranmran)
Catalan: ràpidament (ca), de pressa (ca), prest (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迅速地 (zh) (xùnsù de), 快速地 (zh) (kuàisù de), 急速地 (zh) (jísù de), 趕快地／赶快地 (zh), 赶快地 (zh) (gǎnkuài de)
Czech: rychle (cs), honem (cs), valem
Dagbani: biribbirib
Danish: hurtig (da), hurtigt
Dutch: snel (nl), vlug (nl), gauw (nl), spoedig (nl), gezwind (nl)
Egyptian:

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Esperanto: rapide (eo)
Estonian: kiiresti (et)
Faroese: skjótt
Finnish: nopeasti (fi), äkkiä (fi)
French: rapidement (fr), vite (fr)
Galician: rápido (gl), rapidamente (gl), lixeiro (gl)
Georgian: სწრაფად (sc̣rapad), ჩქარა (čkara), უცბად (ucbad)
German: schnell (de), rasch (de), geschwind (de)
Greek: γρήγορα (el) (grígora)
Ancient: τάχα (tákha), ταχέως (takhéōs), θοῶς (thoôs)
Guaraní: pya'e
Hawaiian: wikiwiki
Hebrew: מַהֵר‎ (he) (mahér)
Hindi: झटपट (hi) (jhaṭpaṭ), जल्दी से (hi) (jaldī se)
Hungarian: gyorsan (hu)
Icelandic: fljótt
Ido: rapide (io)
Indonesian: dengan cepat
Interlingua: rapido, rapidemente
Irish: go haibéil
Italian: rapidamente (it) m
Japanese: 速く (ja) (はやく, hayaku), どんどん (ja) (dondon)
Kazakh: тез (kk) (tez)
Khmer: ញាប់ (km) (ñŏəp), ត្រឹង (km) (trəng), ត្រុយ (km) (troy)
Korean: 빨리 (ko) (ppalli), 어서 (ko) (eoseo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەھەڵەداوان‎ (behelledawan), بە پەلەوە‎ (be pelewe), بەگورجی‎ (begurcî)
Northern Kurdish: zû (ku), bi lez (ku), lezgîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: тез (ky) (tez)
Lao: ໄວໆ (wai wai), ກຸ່ນ (kun), ໄວ (wai)
Latin: citō, celeriter
Latvian: ātri
Lithuanian: greitai
Macedonian: брзо (brzo)
Malay: dengan cepat, lekas, lajak, segera, chedera
Malayalam: പെട്ടെന്ന് (ml) (peṭṭennŭ)
Maore Comorian: haraka
Middle English: quykly
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хурдан (mn) (xurdan), түргэн (mn) (türgen)
Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠷᠳᠤᠨ (qurdun), ᠲᠦᠷᠭᠡᠨ (türgen)
Navajo: hah, haneetehee
Ngazidja Comorian: ha mbwiri, ha haraka, haraka
Norman: vite (Jersey), rapidement (Jersey)
Northern Thai: ᩅᩮᩥ᩠ᨿ
Norwegian: fort (no)
Ojibwe: wewiib
Old English: hrædlīċe
Old Norse: skjótt, fljótt
Old Portuguese: toste
Oriya: ଶୀଘ୍ର (or) (śighrô)
Pashto: زر‎ (ps) (zǝr), ژر‎ (ps) (žәr)
Persian: تند‎ (fa) (tond), به‌سرعت‎ (be-sor'at), سریعاً‎ (fa) (sari'an), جلدی‎ (fa) (jaldi) (informal), به‌تندی‎ (be-tondi)
Plautdietsch: fluks
Polish: szybko (pl), prędko (pl), bystro
Portuguese: rápido (pt), rapidamente (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਛੇਤੀ (chetī)
Shahmukhi: چھیتِی‎ (chetī)
Romani: sig
Romanian: rapid (ro), repede (ro)
Russian: бы́стро (ru) (býstro), ско́ро (ru) (skóro)
Sanskrit: आशु (sa) (āśu), मक्षू (sa) (makṣū)
Scottish Gaelic: gu grad
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бр̑зо
Roman: bȓzo (sh)
Shan: ၽႂ်း (pháue)
Slovak: rýchlo
Slovene: hítro (sl)
Spanish: rápido (es), con velocidad, rápidamente (es), con prontitud, con celeridad, con presteza, deprisa (es)
Sylheti: ꠎꠟ꠆ꠖꠤ (zoldi)
Tajik: тез (tez), зуд (tg) (zud)
Tatar: тиз (tiz)
Telugu: త్వరగా (te) (tvaragā)
Thai: เร็ว (th) (reo), ไว (th) (wai)
Tocharian B: ramer
Turkish: çabuk (tr), tez (tr)
Turkmen: çalt
Ukrainian: шви́дко (uk) (švýdko), би́стро (uk) (býstro), ско́ро (skóro), пру́дко (prúdko), ху́тко (xútko), шпа́рко (špárko), бо́рзо (uk) (bórzo)
Urdu: جلدی سے‎ (jaldī se), جلدی‎ (jaldī)
Uyghur: تېز‎ (tëz)
Uzbek: tez (uz), tezda (uz)
Vietnamese: nhanh (vi), mau (vi), lẹ (vi)
Walloon: radmint (wa), raddimint (wa), vitmint (wa), abeydimint (wa)
West Frisian: hurd, fluch, gau (fy)
Yiddish: געשווינד‎ (geshvind), גיך‎ (gikh)