Collocations for "quickly"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "quickly" in context.
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quickly
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- will [return, be back] quickly
- quickly and [easily, accurately, efficiently]
- quickly [yet, but] easily
- [go, come, finish] as quickly as possible
- quickly became [apparent, obvious, known, clear] that
- is quickly becoming [popular, a hit]
- look quickly through the [book, back, room]
- came [running, in] quickly
- must be [completed, done, handled] quickly
- [cannot, did not] react quickly
- [went, walked] quickly down the [road, street]
- quickly learned [that, not to]
- (come) quickly!
- come quickly or you'll (miss it)
- he quickly [produced, improvised, came up with] (a solution)
- too quickly to [see, hear, understand]
- not quickly enough for you
'quickly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
access
- accurately
- act
- adapt
- aid
- amazed
- amazing
- anger
- answer
- apparent
- approach
- as
- assemble
- astonishing
- basement
- bet
- brake
- choose
- clean
- climb
- clip
- clot
- comprehend
- convey
- correct
- dagger
- describe
- detach
- develop
- discipline
- dispatch
- downstairs
- downtown
- drop
- dusk
- easily
- escalate
- examine
- fit
- forecast
- frightening
- glance
- grasp
- gray
- grow
- habitat
- heal
- jealous
- learn
- line