quickly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb with rapid movements
    chop-chop; speedily; rapidly; apace.
    • he works quickly
  2. adverb with little or no delay
    quick; promptly.
    • the rescue squad arrived promptly
    • come here, quick!
  3. adverb without taking pains
    cursorily.
    • he looked cursorily through the magazine

WordNet


Quick"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.

Webster 1913