| 单词 | swiftly |
| 释义 | 1 (adverb) They have acted swiftly and decisively. Synonyms quickly She turned and ran quickly up the stairs to the flat above. rapidly He was moving rapidly around the room. speedily This review is being conducted as speedily as possible. without losing time 2 (adverb) Lenny moved swiftly and silently across the front lawn. Synonyms fast She drives terrifically fast. promptly She lay down and promptly fell asleep. hurriedly apace (literary) Summer gallops on apace. pronto (informal) double-quick hell for leather The first horse often goes hell for leather. like lightning hotfoot She arrived hotfoot from the office. like the clappers (British, informal) posthaste The pilot decided to return to Farnborough post haste. like greased lightning (informal) nippily (British, informal) in less than no time as fast as your legs can carry you (at) full tilt pdq (slang) Additional synonymsin the sense of apace Definition quickly Summer gallops on apace. Synonyms quickly, rapidly, swiftly, speedily, without delay, at full speed, expeditiously, posthaste, with dispatch in the sense of hell for leather Definition at great speed The first horse often goes hell for leather. Synonyms headlong, speedily, quickly, swiftly, hurriedly, at the double, full-tilt, pell-mell, hotfoot, at a rate of knots, like a bat out of hell (slang), posthastein the sense of hotfoot Definition with all possible speed She arrived hotfoot from the office. Synonyms speedily, quickly, hastily, hurriedly, helter-skelter, pell-mell, posthasteNearby words of |
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