expeditiouslyadv.
In an expeditious manner; speedily, with expedition.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > expeditiously
post-haste1597
expeditiously1603
dispatchedly1611
expedientlya1616
post1632
dispatchful1725
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. li. 18 He expeditiously prouided That part of land into his power to get.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. i. 14 I once made a Menstruum to draw it [the tincture of the glass of antimony] more expeditiously.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xiii. 269 The Surgeon having very expeditiously..finished his Business. View more context for this quotation
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 51 [Russia's] ships will be built cheaper and more expeditiously.
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