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Antonyms for rapidly

Grammar : Adv
Spell : rap-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp ɪd

Definition 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

Synonyms for rapidly

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