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 →

2) Swiftly means happening very soon, without delay. tree →

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 →
• The river flows swiftly after heavy rain. tree →
• The firefighters acted swiftly. tree →
• She swiftly changed the subject. tree →
• Leave the room swiftly and quietly when the alarm rings. tree →
• Time passes swiftly in the holidays. tree →
• The teacher swiftly stopped the argument. tree →
• They leaped into it, and rowed swiftly away. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swiftly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.