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单词 lickety-split
释义

lickety-split

adverb

lick·​e·​ty-split ˌli-kə-tē-ˈsplit How to pronounce lickety-split (audio)
: at great speed

Synonyms

  • apace
  • briskly
  • chop-chop
  • double-quick
  • fast
  • fleetly
  • full tilt
  • hastily
  • hell-for-leather
  • hot
  • posthaste
  • presto
  • pronto
  • quick
  • quickly
  • rapidly
  • snappily
  • soon
  • speedily
  • swift
  • swiftly
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Word History

Etymology

probably irregular from lick entry 1 + split

First Known Use

circa 1859, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

lickety-split

adverb

lick·​e·​ty-split
ˌli-kə-tē-ˈsplit
: at top speed

lickety-split

adverb

as in quickly
with great speed the scared dog ran lickety-split for home

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • quickly
  • quick
  • fast
  • rapidly
  • swiftly
  • soon
  • promptly
  • hot
  • immediately
  • posthaste
  • hastily
  • swift
  • briskly
  • speedily
  • double-quick
  • presto
  • apace
  • pronto
  • at full tilt
  • fleetly
  • at full throttle
  • like wildfire
  • hell-for-leather
  • like gangbusters
  • chop-chop
  • full tilt
  • in a hurry
  • like a shot
  • a mile a minute
  • snappily
  • in short order
  • abruptly
  • by leaps and bounds
  • impetuously
  • readily
  • impulsively
  • recklessly
  • vigorously
  • suddenly
  • rashly
  • energetically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slowly
  • slow
  • sluggishly
  • leisurely
  • ploddingly
  • deliberately
  • tardily
  • laggardly
  • belatedly
  • lingeringly
  • delinquently
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