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quick⋅ly

  [kwik-lee]
Use quickly in a Sentence
–adverb
with speed; rapidly; very soon.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME quikly. See quick, -ly

Usage note:
See quick.
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quick   (kwĭk)   
adj.   quick·er, quick·est
  1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy.
  2. Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright: a quick mind.
    1. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen.
    2. Reacting immediately and sharply: a quick temper.
    3. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time: a quick rise through the ranks; a quick profit.
    4. Done or occurring immediately: a quick inspection. See Synonyms at fast1.
    5. Alive.
    6. Pregnant.
    1. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time: a quick rise through the ranks; a quick profit.
    2. Done or occurring immediately: a quick inspection. See Synonyms at fast1.
    3. Alive.
    4. Pregnant.
  5. Tending to react hastily: quick to find fault.
  6. Archaic
    1. Alive.
    2. Pregnant.
n.  
  1. Sensitive or raw exposed flesh, as under the fingernails.
  2. The most personal and sensitive aspect of the emotions.
  3. The living: the quick and the dead.
  4. The vital core; the essence: got to the quick of the matter.
adv.   quicker, quickest
Quickly; promptly.

[Middle English, alive, lively, quick, from Old English cwicu, alive; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
quick'ly adv., quick'ness n.
Usage Note: In speech quick is commonly used as an adverb in phrases such as Come quick. In formal writing, however, quickly is required.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Quickly

Quick"ly\, adv. Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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