Swiftly
['swɪftli]
Definition
(adv.) In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Quickly, speedily, expeditiously, trippingly, apace, posthaste, with speed, under press of sail or canvas, by forced marches, on eagle's wings, in double quick time, in seven-league boots, as fast as one's legs will carry one.
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Examples
- I vaulted to the ground below and ran swiftly toward the advancing party. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He drifted on swiftly to Beldover, half-unconscious of his own movement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And then swiftly he dispatched his aides-de-camp to command the horse to fall on the routed enemy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How dreadful to remember, perhaps, that she had sometimes even wished the old man away who was so swiftly hurried out of life! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We came to a full stop, and then commenced to rise swiftly toward the surface. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- These two years, said he, will pass swiftly, and it will be the last delay that will oppose itself to your happiness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I watched the oncoming ten I saw their pursuers race swiftly into sight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We cast away before the sound of the first gun had died, and another second saw us rising swiftly from the surface of the sea. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He stepped swiftly forward and touched the Duke upon the shoulder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I cannot get there in less than an hour or more,' muttered Nancy: brushing swiftly past him, and gliding rapidly down the street. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mary was sewing swiftly, and seemed provokingly mistress of the situation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her round taper fingers flew in and out of her sewing, as steadily and swiftly as if that were the business of her life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I could see messengers running swiftly through the audience, and as they passed the nobles there unsheathed their swords and sprang into the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The afternoon had passed so swiftly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But in no more than a minute or two the stairs creak and Tony comes swiftly back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You do not know how long you are in a river when the current moves swiftly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Loerke glanced at them swiftly, with his full eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He walked swiftly and in silence for some few minutes until we had turned down one of the quiet streets which lead towards the Edgeware Road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was all done so swiftly and deftly that the fellow was helpless before he knew that he was attacked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here he turned swiftly down a narrow passage, passed through a wooden gate into a deserted yard, and then opened with a key the back door of a house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- With a sort of angry rush-close, close past our faces--swept swiftly the very NUN herself! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The two girls walked swiftly, gladly, because of the soft, subtle rush of morning that filled the wet haze. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Swiftly and silently he made his way along the track which ran through the meadows, and so by way of the woods to the Boscombe Pool. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was left to fasten up the bag, whilst she swiftly did up her hair for the night, and sat down to unfasten her shoes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And I hurried on so swiftly that my little maid was surprised. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He pressed on swiftly to the upper landing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This is done very swiftly and exactly, its purpose being to hold the parts of the shoe in their normal position while the shoe is being completed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gerald suddenly turned, and was swimming away swiftly, with a side stroke. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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