HOW TO PRONOUNCE
swiftly
/ˈswɪftli/
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What does swiftly mean?
adverb
- In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈswɪftli/
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Their armoured bodies glittered in the sun as they swept swiftly forward upon the guns, growing rapidly larger as they drew nearer.
Turning his head swiftly, the youth saw his friend running in a staggering and stumbling way toward a little clump of bushes.
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Oh, if it were but the same man who had borne her so swiftly through the tangled verdure on that other day!
Mankind—and, above all, islanders—come very swiftly to a bearing, and find very readily, upon one convention or another, a tolerable corporate life.
Events follow swiftly in her tale, but all is thoroughly coherent, and a number of facts are included which could be substantiated.