English Explanatory Dictionary

fastly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a secure or firm manner; securely
adv
  1. quickly

Word forms

fastly more fastly most fastly

Etymology

From Middle English fastly, fastliche, festliche, from Old English fæstlīċe (“firmly, constantly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkē, from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkê (“securely, firmly”); equivalent to fast + -ly.

Synonyms

fast firmly securely tightly
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