as in quickly
with great speed
swiftly established himself as a star in Hollywood
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Recent Examples of swiftly
Kim ordered officials to swiftly repair the as-yet-unnamed ship before the late-June plenary session of the ruling Workers’ Party, calling it a matter of national honor.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
On Monday, Trump publicly urged Senate Republicans to move swiftly on the measure, touting its provisions cutting taxes, beefing up border enforcement and deportations, rolling back clean energy programs and scaling back Medicaid and food assistance, among others.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
Having agreed to the scammer’s ‘terms’ and signed a fake NDA, she was asked swiftly to send a £2,000 payment to a person called Agnieszka Falkowska, who banks with Barclays and whose bank address is listed in Peterborough, South England.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Deeply rooted problems aren’t supposed to resolve themselves so swiftly.
—Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
On Monday, Trump publicly urged Senate Republicans to move swiftly on the measure, touting its provisions cutting taxes, beefing up border enforcement and deportations, rolling back clean energy programs and scaling back Medicaid and food assistance, among others.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
Having agreed to the scammer’s ‘terms’ and signed a fake NDA, she was asked swiftly to send a £2,000 payment to a person called Agnieszka Falkowska, who banks with Barclays and whose bank address is listed in Peterborough, South England.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Deeply rooted problems aren’t supposed to resolve themselves so swiftly.
—Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swiftly
Adverb
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In games with ray-tracing effects enabled, the 9060 XT soundly beats the 7700 XT and 6800 and runs some games like Cyberpunk 2077 around twice as fast as the old 7600 XT.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
Adverb
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Zero-to-60 times are one of the oldest metrics for judging performance and have gotten quicker by leaps and bounds since 1957, for example, when Car and Driver timed a Corvette going from zero to 60 mph in 6.6 seconds—triple the time of the C8 Corvette ZR1.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
2 June 2025
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But incorporating a mid-zone run completely changed the Hawkeyes’ ground game, enabling first-team All-American running back Kaleb Johnson to get vertical quicker.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Adverb
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Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2025
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Protests soon spread to cities including Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose and San Diego.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2025
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“Swiftly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftly. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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