expeditiously

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In an expeditious manner, quickly.

Pronunciation

/ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-expeditiously.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-expeditiously.wav

Word forms

expeditiously more expeditiously most expeditiously

Etymology

From expeditious + -ly.

Synonyms

apace expeditiously fast hastily hurriedly posthaste quicksome rapidly speedily soon swiftly with dispatch at the high port balls-out balls to the wall cranking flat out full throttle hauling hauling ass hell-for-leather hell-bent for leather lickety-split like a bat out of hell like a blue-arsed fly like a dose of salts like a rat up a drainpipe like gangbusters like shit through a goose like the clappers like there is no tomorrow like the wind screaming before you can say Jack Robinson in a flash in a jiffy in no time in the twinkling of an eye in two shakes on the double PDQ pronto quick as a flash quick as a wink on the pdq toot sweet

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