Rapidly
/ˈræpɪdli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adverbVery quickly or at a fast rate.
Extra definitions
adverbWith great speed.
adverbWith speed; in a rapid manner.
Sentence Examples
Technology changes rapidly.
The river rose rapidly.
Her condition improved rapidly.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.”
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
“Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.”
— 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020:
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Technology changes ____.