quicksome

quicksome

English

Etymology

From quick +‎ -some.

Adjective

quicksome (comparative more quicksome, superlative most quicksome)

1. Marked by quickness; swift; nimble
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     She helped Sussy with dairyin' an' Ma with twinin'n'spinnin' an' Jonas took her bird-eggin' an' she list'ned to Catkin's yippin' 'bout school'ry an' she fetched water'n'chopped wood an' she was a quicksome learner.

   • 2011, Arthur D Bardswell, The Poor Preachers:

     Yea, and if thou wilt also eat of the good herb thy dear mother put before thee at meat, thou also shalt be as blithesome and quicksome as thy little Bessie.

Adverb

quicksome (comparative more quicksome, superlative most quicksome)

1. In a quick or quicksome manner; quickly
   • 2015, Sara Taylor, The Shore:

     “Bigman,” I said when he'd thrice emptied his cup, “winter's coming on quicksome. It weighs on a man, not having any company in the long nights, wouldn't you say, sir?”