swiftly

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈswɪftli/ 🇺🇸 /ˈswɪftliː/

📖 Definitions

  1. adverb
    In a swift manner; with great speed or rapidity; quickly.; Without delay; promptly; immediately.; In a manner that passes or occurs in a short period of time; fleetingly.; With agility or nimbleness of movement.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more swiftly Superlative: most swiftly

Collocations

move swiftlyact swiftlyrespond swiftlypass swiftlyrun swiftlydeal swiftly with

Derivatives

swiftswiftness

Synonyms

quicklyrapidlyspeedilyfastbrisklypromptly

Antonyms

slowlygraduallyleisurely

Commonly confused

quickly
EN: 'Quickly' emphasizes short duration or haste; 'swiftly' emphasizes smooth, effortless, and graceful speed.
fast
EN: 'Fast' serves as both adjective and adverb without '-ly'; 'swiftly' is exclusively an adverb and carries a more literary or formal tone.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Remember it is formed from 'swift' + '-ly'.

💬 Examples

  1. The river flowed swiftly over the rocks.

  2. She swiftly responded to the emergency call.

  3. The years passed swiftly, and soon the children were grown.

  4. The cat moved swiftly across the rooftop.