quickly
Americanadverb
Commonly Confused
See quick.
Etymology
Origin of quickly
Example Sentences
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Because of this, tissues where cells divide quickly are more likely to accumulate Y chromosome loss.
From Science Daily
The Bruins shook off their early jitters by hitting their next eight shots to quickly build a 13-point lead midway through the half.
From Los Angeles Times
Looking at its daily chart, the stock lost its 50-day simple moving average in a shallow manner—similar to what happened last November— before quickly reclaiming it three weeks later.
From Barron's
What began as a way to autocomplete code quickly evolved into semiautonomous AI bots, or “agents,” that can work for hours on end with little human oversight.
She quickly read the agreement, and was only permitted to make minor edits, some of the people said.
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