adverb
definition
Rapidly; with speed; fast.
definition
Very soon.
example
If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
Examples of quickly in a Sentence
I quickly accessed my options.
The storm passed quickly, but the night remained warm.
I got up, and dressed quickly and ran downstairs.
My wife quickly recovered and smiled.
The world is quickly moving to participatory government.
She ate quickly, looking from his perfect body to her scarred forearms.
She glanced quickly up at Brandon.
The smile dropped as quickly as it had appeared.
They quickly surrounded him and made him their prisoner.
Truly? she said, quickly smoothing her frock and hair.
She can count to thirty very quickly, and can write seven of the square-hand letters and the words which can be made with them.
She glanced quickly at Quint.
Eureka quickly followed him, and soon they were all standing together upon the platform, with eight of the much prized wooden wings beside them.
Then they told him dinner would be served directly and he replied that they could not serve it too quickly to suit his convenience.
The car warmed quickly and she fell asleep again.
He dressed quickly and Traveled to the scene.
A bucket, quickly smelling of excrement, occupied another corner.
They quickly melted into the heat waves again.
She obliged quickly, tensing as she waited for him to finish with her phone.
He walked quickly, but very quietly, down the pathway into the darker woods.
Stepping in quickly, she shut the door.
I asked a few questions and was quickly told to mind my own business.
I knew you'd let them come! she said quickly all in one breath.
I moved quickly to it and thankfully, there was a dial tone!
He let the child fall into the trunk, slammed it and quickly drove away just as the mother was emerging from the house.
The prince walked in quickly and jauntily as was his wont, as if intentionally contrasting the briskness of his manners with the strict formality of his house.
The sun turned the dunes orange red and then quickly sank, leaving them in pre-moon darkness.
The answer came to her so quickly that it brought a smile to her lips.
It is unprecedented for so many nations to change their form of government so quickly and peacefully.
How quickly I should lock up all these mighty warriors, and hoary sages, and impossible heroes, who are now almost my only companions; and dance and sing and frolic like other girls!
She had no further trouble and filled the string quickly, too quickly, in fact.
But, don't be uneasy, he added, noticing that the count was beginning to breathe heavily and quickly which was always a sign of approaching anger.
She quickly replaced the envelope with shaking hands, making sure it was in exactly the same position as she found it.
My books and pages were rattled off quickly while Martha had pointed to twenty different words listed in a large dictionary.
But it jumped quickly forward and threw Gilbert upon the ground.
So he called together the merry little fairies of his household and, showing them the jars and vases containing his treasures, he bade them carry them to the palace of Santa Claus as quickly as they could.
Hearing that cry and seeing to whom it was addressed, Nesvitski and the neighbor on his right quickly turned in alarm to Bezukhov.
Frowning and rising quickly, he went up to Wolzogen.
They all plainly and certainly knew that they were criminals who must hide the traces of their guilt as quickly as possible.
She glanced up quickly, feeling the color deepen in her face.
Jumping from the bed, she dressed quickly and went to the kitchen.
So he quickly finished the shoeing, and the groom hurried to lead the horse to the king.
Turn the carriage quickly, coachman, and drive home.
The infantry of the detachment passed along the road and quickly disappeared amid the trees in the mist of early dawn, hundreds of feet splashing through the mud.
Martha handed her the phone and I could tell by the look that quickly appeared on her face, it was not good news.
Mortgages for all of us were quickly processed through a private bank owned by one of Merrill Cooms' entities.
She shed it and her boots quickly, wanting to escape to her room before her father cornered her.
Loading it quickly, he watched the skunk from the house for a few minutes.
The remaining vacation slipped by quickly and life returned to normal.
She walked stiffly to the closet, deciding quickly on a pair of blue jeans and a light shirt with a collar that would hide most of her neck.