quickly
/ˈkwɪk.li/ adverb A1- Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition. · Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.
- Very soon. · If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
Comparative quicklier · Superlative quickliest
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His Mother followed in the crowd and violently beat her breast in sorrow, whereupon the young man said, “I wish to say something to my Mother in her ear.” She came close to him, and he quickly seized her ear with his teeth and bit it off.
The whole Body quickly became debilitated, and the hands, feet, mouth, and eyes, when too late, repented of their folly.
One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches.
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound.
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