rapidly
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ɪd adjective
1.
occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
2.
moving or acting with great speed; swift: a rapid worker.
3.
characterized by speed: rapid motion.
noun
4.
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of an action or movement) performed or occurring during a short interval of time; quick: a rapid transformation |
| 2. | characterized by high speed: rapid movement |
| 3. | acting or moving quickly; fast: a rapid worker |
| [C17: from Latin rapidus tearing away, from rapere to seize; see | |
| 'rapidly | |
| —adv | |
| rapidity | |
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| 'rapidness | |
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| rapid (ˈræpɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of an action or movement) performed or occurring during a short interval of time; quick: a rapid transformation |
| 2. | characterized by high speed: rapid movement |
| 3. | acting or moving quickly; fast: a rapid worker |
| [C17: from Latin rapidus tearing away, from rapere to seize; see | |
| 'rapidly | |
| —adv | |
| rapidity | |
| —n | |
| 'rapidness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rapid
1634, from L. rapidus "hasty, snatching," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE base *rep- "to snatch" (cf. Gk. ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away"). Rapids is 1765, from Fr. rapides, applied by Fr. voyagers to North American rivers. Rapid-transit first attested 1873;
rapid eye movement is from 1916.
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Example sentences
As a result, they can manage their resources with agility, and quickly respond to the demands of a rapidly changing global market.
Every now and then a suspicious movement would startle me, but my confidence grew rapidly.
When a fly or spider lands on a flytrap's leaf, the stimulus triggers the leaf to rapidly swell with extra water.
The rapidly worsening security situation only inflamed tensions.
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