Quickly

adv.

1.

Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.

Adv.	1.	quickly - with rapid movements; "he works quickly" Synonyms: apace, chop-chop, rapidly, speedily Antonyms: slow, slowly, tardily, easy - without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
	2.	quickly - with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" Synonyms: promptly, quick
	3.	quickly - without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine" Synonyms: cursorily

PDQ, agilely, amain, animatedly, anxiously, apace, at flank speed, at the double, avidly, breathlessly, briefly, by forced marches, cursorily, decisively, directly, double-quick, eagerly, enthusiastically, expeditiously, feverishly, flat-out, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly, for a moment, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hand over hand, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impatiently, impetuously, impulsively, in an instant, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in no time, in passing, in seven-league boots, instanter, instantly, keenly, lickety-cut, lickety-split, momentarily, nimbly, on the double, on the instant, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, post, posthaste, precipitately, pretty damned quick, pronto, quick, rashly, readily, recklessly, right away, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, snappily, speedily, spryly, straightaway, straightway, subito, suddenly, summarily, superficially, transiently, trippingly, under forced draft, vivaciously, whip and spur, with a rush, with alacrity, with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with giant strides, with gusto, with haste, with open arms, with rapid strides, with relish, with speed, with zest, without delay, without further delay, zestfully

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