swiftly

adverb/ˈswɪftli/

Frequency rank: #7,355 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Moving or happening quickly; at great speed.

Illustration for the English word “swiftly”

Example sentence

The firefighters responded swiftly to the emergency call.

Synonyms & related words

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