as in quickly
with great speed
strode off briskly to deal with the problem
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Adverb
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Yet Sonos failed to act swiftly and offered inadequate fixes, according to Jefferies’ Thill.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025 -
Teodor swiftly steps into the breach; Rakel, thrust into a supportive preacher’s-wife role that is increasingly at odds with her job as a local educator, grows skeptical that he’s really motivated by spiritual devotion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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In This Story: What makes hair grow faster? Do hair growth masks actually work?—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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There are now 20 times more selection that can be delivered twice as fast since Amazon Prime started in 2005, said Ghani.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The weekend’s roll of maddening moves came quicker than most could handle.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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Catch up quick: Abbott last year spent millions to oust 11 Republican lawmakers who voted against school vouchers.—
Nicole Cobler,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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They could soon be joined by tens of thousands of Syrians forcibly deported by neighboring countries that may use Assad’s departure as a pretext to expel them.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Book soon, past events have filled up with thousands of visitors.—
Anna Spiegel,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Briskly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/briskly. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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