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(adj)
Very swift or quick.
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Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
(adv)
Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
With speed; in a rapid manner.
Fast; quick; rapid.
Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
(n)
speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Fast, prompt, speedy.
The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
Quick; acting without delay.
Moving rapidly.
Arranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently.
Moving or changing rapidly.
In an expeditious manner, quickly.
(v)
(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
(archaic) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
That operates, moves or takes place at a greater than normal speed.
An act of acceleration.
Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
Steep, like a precipice
Quick and light in movement or action.
Requiring immediate attention.
Hasty or superficial.
Alternative spelling of fast track. [To progress something with unusual rapidity.]
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.
(cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
Of short duration; happening quickly.
Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
(informal, rare) Quick, prompt.
(informal, weather) Rather cold.
That reduces the time needed to perform a task, especially by using a shorter route or a more efficient method.
Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
In a prompt manner.
(chiefly formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately.
Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Prepared for immediate action or use.
Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
The state of being timely.
Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Alternative form of timesaving. [That reduces the time needed to perform a task, especially by using a shorter route or a more efficient method.]
Physically close.
About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
(not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
Rapid and minimal.
(postpositive) Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
most quickly
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
Having a turbocharger.
(rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.
Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
(by extension) Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
(now nonstandard) Full of speed; hasty; fast.
(chiefly sports) fast, rapid, speedy.
Travelling rapidly.
(e.g. of a river) Flowing at a swift, rapid rate.
rapid; speedy
Having an excessively fast pace.
A rapid surging motion.
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
(idiomatic) Rapid and energetic.
Excessively speedy.
(obsolete) Performing with speed.
Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
(by extension) Accustomed to or characterized by a habitually fast pace.
(idiomatic) Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act.
Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
fast, quick
(music) Having a fast tempo.
(by extension, South Asia) electricity, power in general.
Too quick.
Physically strong and active.
Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot.
Extraordinarily rapid; of utmost rapidity.
(archaic) hasty; hurried.
(rare) Rapid; fast.
(idiomatic) Maximum effort without reservations or delay.
Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.