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swith

American  
[swith] / swɪθ /
Or swithe

adverb

  1. Chiefly British Dialect. immediately; quickly.


verb (used with object)

  1. Scot. to hurry; hasten.

Other Word Forms


Etymology

Origin of swith

before 900; Middle English (adv.), Old English swīthe strongly, equivalent to swīth strong (cognate with German geschwind, Old Norse svinnr fast, Gothic swinths strong) + -e adv. suffix


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That fade swith the “For You” tab, which shows bushels of stale tweets by people you follow and irrelevant tweets by people you don’t.

From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2023

It's laced swith gallows humor, but also abrupt shifts of the moral high ground.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2012

Perhaps we ought to read: ‘And out of the valey he hyd swith.’

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

Thus responds the brusque but kind-hearted old jailer, who view swith an air of compassion his new comer, as he lays, a forlorn mass, exposed to the gaze of the prisoners gathering eagerly about him.

From Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

The carefull̴ lady was full̴ blith, 1855 Vp to lond she went swith, As fast as euer she myght.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

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