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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kwik |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɪk |
Definition of quickest
Origin :- Old English cwic "living, alive, animate," and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gweie- "to live" (see bio-). Sense of "lively, swift" developed by late 12c., on notion of "full of life."
- NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. [Buck]
- Of persons, "mentally active," from late 15c. Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., cf. quicksand). As an adverb from c.1300. To be quick about something is from 1937. Quick buck is from 1946, American English. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quick-witted is from 1520s.
- adj fast, speedy
- adj smart
- It's the easiest and quickest way out of the trouble for us, and the easiest and quickest way into trouble for them.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He followed a youth who was the quickest afoot and the readiest laugher.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- It would be the quickest way of rejoining them, to get upon the white bull's back.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Nor are we right in supposing that the swiftest of them is the slowest, nor conversely, that the slowest is the quickest.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Hard words were the kindest in the end, because the quickest understood.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- “It was the quickest dodge for getting him away from that tray,” he explained.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- "You took the quickest, most sensible course, Ackerman," said he.
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
- Lennon barely saved himself by the quickest of side-stepping.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- The quickest way to the subconscious is through self-hypnosis.
- Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
- Reuben, however, was slightly the quickest, and this saved his life.
- Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
Synonyms for quickest
- a move on
- able
- abrupt
- accelerated
- active
- acute
- adept
- adroit
- agile
- alert
- all there
- animated
- apt
- ASAP
- astute
- breakneck
- brief
- bright
- brisk
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- cursory
- curt
- deft
- dexterous
- discerning
- double time
- effective
- effectual
- energetic
- expeditious
- expeditive
- express
- fleet
- flying
- going
- harefooted
- hasty
- headlong
- hurried
- immediate
- impatient
- impetuous
- instantaneous
- intelligent
- keen
- knowing
- lively
- mercurial
- move it
- nimble
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- on the double
- perceptive
- perfunctory
- perspicacious
- posthaste
- prompt
- pronto
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- quick-witted
- rapid
- ready
- receptive
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- shrewd
- skillful
- slick
- smart as a whip
- snappy
- spirited
- sprightly
- spry
- sudden
- swift
- the lead out
- vigorous
- whiz
- winged
- wired
- wise
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