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# swiftly

«swiftly» in Mova's school dictionary: **quickly or fast** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Swiftly means quickly or fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#m1)

2) Swiftly means happening very soon, without delay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Common in stories and in more careful written English instead of «quickly»: «the fox ran swiftly». In safety rules: «leave the building swiftly and calmly». In maths stories it may describe speed, but numbers tell the actual rate.

### examples

- The fox ran swiftly into the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x1)
- The river flows swiftly after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x2)
- The firefighters acted swiftly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x3)
- She swiftly changed the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x4)
- Leave the room swiftly and quietly when the alarm rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x5)
- Time passes swiftly in the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x6)
- The teacher swiftly stopped the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x7)
- They leaped into it, and rowed swiftly away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftly/#x8)

### note

Adjective: swift; noun: swiftness. «A swift» is also a small fast bird. Swiftly is a little more formal or story-like than «quickly». Opposite: slowly.

### In the corpora

- [He sendeth out His commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2662/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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