swift

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

at a fast speed
fastHe drives too fast for my liking.
quicklyThe problem needs to be solved as quickly as possible.
swiftlyHe left and returned swiftly.
brisklyWe walked briskly through the park.
precipitouslyShare prices dropped precipitously on the economic news.
The second great crisis followed swiftly after, in 1173.
Criticism of the report came swiftly, though, from many quarters.
Roxy swiftly rummaged in her pockets for her phone.
The algae multiply swiftly to produce what is called an algal bloom.
Police quickly arrived on scene amid jostling in the crowd but order was swiftly restored.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fast and rapid
(at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
apace
as fast as your legs would carry youidiom
as if it is going out of styleidiom
at a rate of knotsidiom
fleet
hypersonic
in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
Jack Robinson
lickety-split
light speed
lightning
prompt
smartly
souped-up
speed of light
spread like wildfireidiom
streak
super-express
wildfire

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Immediately

Examples of swiftly

swiftly
With the end of the war, the volunteer army was swiftly reduced in size, disappearing entirely within a couple of years.
But their enthusiasm was swiftly deflated by immediate problems with the carriers who had been arranged for them.
One takes from this the idea that it has hardly begun before it swiftly spins along.
This starts out promisingly but unfortunately swiftly descends once again into anecdote and assertion.
A review of the origins of mites is followed swiftly by a fascinating discussion of their complex and sometimes confusing taxonomy.
We are also trying to publish your work as swiftly as we can, in keeping with our mission statement.
Their failure to satisfy these expectations or to hold together the workers in their connection could swiftly undermine their position.
The range of questions to be broached is inadequately considered and too swiftly justified, and, above all, the range of materials is ruthlessly circumscribed.
Some currencies might be distributed well but assembled poorly, while others might be slowly distributed but assembled swiftly.
Under the auspices of the state, the informal world of gift relationships swiftly becomes a network of formal rights and obligations.
The introduction of electricity swiftly generated intense competition and conflict in the labour market.
The thorny question of the integrability of demand functions is glossed over rather too swiftly.
The confederation swiftly reconstituted itself after the fall of the regime and retained its power within the post-war licensing structure.
Just how the parish coped with this debt, and how swiftly they were able to repay it, is not recorded.
Officials conducted immigrant medical inspections swiftly so as not to interfere with shipping and trade.
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