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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With speed
Example:
John got ready in short order
Synonyms:
apace; chop-chop; in short order; quickly; rapidly; speedily
Classified under:
Antonym:
slowly (without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly'))
Pertainym:
quick (accomplished rapidly and without delay)
Sense 2
Meaning:
With little or no delay
Example:
come here, quick!
Synonyms:
promptly; quick; quickly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
quick (accomplished rapidly and without delay)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Without taking pains
Example:
he looked cursorily through the magazine
Synonyms:
cursorily; quickly
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
quick (hurried and brief)
Context examples:
It means that your heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern.
(Arrhythmia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Something in his face made Amy say quickly and warmly...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A rare type of kidney cancer that grows and spreads quickly.
(BDC, NCI Dictionary)
They reproduce quickly in your body.
(Bacterial Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic.
(Acute, NCI Dictionary)
This type of cancer usually gets worse quickly if it is not treated.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A type of acute myeloid leukemia, a quickly progressing disease in which too many immature blood-forming cells are found in the blood and bone marrow.
(Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12); PML/RARA, NCI Dictionary)
Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.
(Acute pain, NCI Dictionary)
I looked quickly at Wolf Larsen.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"I had forgotten," she said quickly.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
