swift
/swɪft/ adjective B2- Fast; quick; rapid. · swift action· swift response
- Capable of moving at high speeds.
- Quick-thinking; bright.
Comparative swifter · Superlative swiftest
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We were both swift runners and in fairly good training, but we soon found that we had no chance of overtaking him.
Orders to buy and sell were coming and going as swift as the flight of swallows.
The spring was abroad in the land and Marilla’s sober, middle-aged step was lighter and swifter because of its deep, primal gladness.
He pulled away with swift defiant strokes, and Anne went up the steep, ferny little path under the maples.
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