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quickly

 adverb
     
quick‧ly S1 W1
1 fast:
We need to get this finished as quickly as possible.
Kids grow up so quickly these days.
2 after only a very short time [= soon]:
I realized fairly quickly that this wasn't going to be easy.
3 for a short time:
I'll just quickly nip into that shop.
'Have you talked to Vera about it yet?' 'Just quickly.'
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