Synonyms for rapidly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : rap-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp ɪd

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Définition of rapidly

Origin : 1630s, "moving quickly," from French rapide (17c.) and directly from Latin rapidus "hasty, swift, rapid; snatching; fierce, impetuous," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE root *rep- "to snatch" (cf. Greek ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away," Lithuanian raples "tongs"). Meaning "happening in a short time" is from 1780. Related: Rapidly; rapidness. Rapid-transit first attested 1852, in reference to street railways; rapid eye movement is from 1906.

adv very quickly

Example sentences :

The country was rapidly becoming, they agreed, no place for a gentleman to live.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Ben Haley meanwhile was rapidly stripping the chicken of its feathers.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Robert soon settled to work, and picked steadily and rapidly.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Then I noticed that the sun was gone, and the evening cool was rapidly falling.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

But Angelique's heart now beat so rapidly she could scarcely keep still.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Suddenly, half turning to me, she began speaking eagerly and rapidly.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

With that, Philip pushed aside the lawyer and strode on rapidly.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Hours passed with no other sounds than those of the rapidly waning tempest.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Ariston was rapidly laying on paint with his little brushes.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

Will you let me help you into the ministry, as rapidly as money can help?
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

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