Speedily
adverb
In a quick, swift manner or a short amount of time.
The ambulance arrived speedily to the accident scene.
Often appears as...
- act speedily
- respond speedily
adverb
In a quick, swift manner or a short amount of time.
The ambulance arrived speedily to the accident scene.
Often appears as...
- act speedily
- respond speedily
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Connotation
Suggests an action was taken with a sense of urgency due to critical need or importance.
The server was speedily repaired to avoid data loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency Implication
Implies completing a task efficiently without unnecessary delays, showcasing competence.
He speedily organized the documents before the deadline.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Rush
May hint at a rushed job; context clarifies if speed compromised quality or not.
The essay was written speedily, but it lacked depth.
Compare with
hastilyimmediateinstantaneouspromptquickrapidswift
Never forget "Speedily"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
How pigeons took over...
He wins a medal for gallantry for this accomplishment. Paddy was one of around 250,000 pigeons used by the British during World War II to speedily transport secret messages. In fact, pigeon delivery systems are ancient human practices. Seeing their meat as a protein source
Video examples
How pigeons took over...
He wins a medal for gallantry for this accomplishment. Paddy was one of around 250,000 pigeons used by the British during World War II to speedily transport secret messages. In fact, pigeon delivery systems are ancient human practices. Seeing their meat as a protein source
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
A man will speedily sit down and sympathize with a friend's griefs, but if he sees him honored and esteemed, he is apt to regard him as a rival and does not so readily rejoice with him. This ought not to be; without effort, we ought to be happy in our brother's happiness.
Quote examples
Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
In financial terms, my sense is that the distribution of wealth, unequal as it is, is self-perpetuating, and, especially in a linked and accelerating world, the rich get ever more quickly richer while the poor get ever more speedily poorer.
Quote examples
Pierre Loti
French Writer
Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older.
Quote examples
Joanna Scott
American Author
While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had in lingering, backtracking, rereading the same page.
Quote examples
Vitruvius
Roman Author
Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.
Quote examples
John Milton
English Poet
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Quote examples
Robert Hall
English Clergyman
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.
Quote examples
Vinoba Bhave
Indian Educator
In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.
Quote examples
Thomas Becket
English Clergyman
Whosoever wisely examines the works of God will speedily discover what is next to be done.
Quote examples
Anatoly Chubais
Russian Politician
Money is the kind of instrument which is very speedily produced.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
A man will speedily sit down and sympathize with a friend's griefs, but if he sees him honored and esteemed, he is apt to regard him as a rival and does not so readily rejoice with him. This ought not to be; without effort, we ought to be happy in our brother's happiness.
Quote examples
Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
In financial terms, my sense is that the distribution of wealth, unequal as it is, is self-perpetuating, and, especially in a linked and accelerating world, the rich get ever more quickly richer while the poor get ever more speedily poorer.
Quote examples
Pierre Loti
French Writer
Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older.
Quote examples
Joanna Scott
American Author
While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had in lingering, backtracking, rereading the same page.
Quote examples
Vitruvius
Roman Author
Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.
Quote examples
John Milton
English Poet
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Quote examples
Robert Hall
English Clergyman
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.
Quote examples
Vinoba Bhave
Indian Educator
In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.
Quote examples
Thomas Becket
English Clergyman
Whosoever wisely examines the works of God will speedily discover what is next to be done.
Quote examples
Anatoly Chubais
Russian Politician
Money is the kind of instrument which is very speedily produced.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension