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# quickly

«quickly» in Mova's school dictionary: **At a fast speed: "Run quickly!"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (quickly, more quickly, most quickly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) At a fast speed: "Run quickly!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#m1)

2) In a short time, soon: "The ice melted quickly." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#m2)

3) Without waiting: "He quickly said sorry." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, quickly describes rate: things that change quickly change a lot in little time. In safety: leave quickly but calmly in a fire; do not run quickly near a pool. In stories it shows speed and urgency.

### examples

- She ran quickly to the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x1)
- Ice melts quickly in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x2)
- Finish your work quickly but carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x3)
- He quickly hid behind the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x4)
- Get out quickly if the fire alarm rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x5)
- The news spread quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x6)
- Germs can spread quickly in a class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x7)
- Time passes quickly when you're having fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x8)
- Choose quickly; you are wasting time." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/#x9)

### note

"Quickly" describes a verb (how something is done); "quick" describes a noun: "a quick run", "run quickly". Opposite: slowly. Quickly is not the same as carelessly — be quick and careful.

### In the corpora

- [Gardens need regular weeding, mowing and watering or they quickly grow wild.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/15/)
- [Most grown-ups calm down quickly after shouting and feel bad about it; shouting does not mean they stop loving you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/9/)
- [Happy tears come when people are moved, touched or very happy; they pass quickly and leave people feeling warm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/20/)
- [Everyone makes mistakes; owning up quickly makes them easier to fix, while hiding them tends to make them bigger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/16/)
- [Bots are good at giving long lists of ideas quickly, such as names for a kitten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quickly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.