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Definitions for SWIFTLY
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. swiftly, fleetlyadverb

    in a swift manner

    "she moved swiftly"

Wiktionary

  1. swiftlyadverb

    In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Swiftlyadverb

    Fleetly; rapidly; nimbly; with celerity; with velocity.

    Etymology: from swift.

    These move swiftly, and at great distance; but then they require a medium well disposed, and their transmission is easily stopped. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Pleas’d with the passage, we slide swiftly on,
    And see the dangers which we cannot shun. Dryden.

    In decent order they advance to light;
    Yet then too swiftly fleet by human sight,
    And meditate too soon their everlasting flight. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. swiftly

    Swiftly is an adverb that means to do something quickly, promptly, speedily, or without delay. It implies rapid or efficient movement or action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Swiftlyadverb

    in a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SWIFTLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #392

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SWIFTLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SWIFTLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of SWIFTLY in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    People are looking for results not a revolution ... we can do that by making sure we make everybody whole who has been so badly hurt in terms of they lose a job, in terms of not having the ability to care for their children, in terms of the healthcare costs .. we can make them whole, now, and put in process whereby they are all made whole. That has nothing to do with the legitimate concern about income inequality in America. That's real. But that does not affect the need for us to act swiftly.

  2. Takujiro Hamada:

    This was done to re-confirm (the family's) opposition to the merger and to swiftly resolve the issue, we're not trying to bully them.

  3. Executive Wolfgang Bernhard:

    We don't need an additional programme, we can react swiftly and flexibly to changing market conditions, if we want to remain competitive, we must build more vehicles with fewer people.

  4. Travis LeBlanc:

    We urge any company that unlawfully conditions its service on consent to unwanted marketing calls and texts to act swiftly to change its policies.

  5. Liu Xiaoming:

    We have enough solutions and enough power within the limits of (the) Basic Law to quell any unrest swiftly, the central government of China will never allow a few violent offenders to drag Hong Kong down a dangerous road, down a dangerous abyss.

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