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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

swiftly

/ˈswɪftli/

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What does swiftly mean?

adverb

  1. 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.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
Turning his head swiftly, the youth saw his friend running in a staggering and stumbling way toward a little clump of bushes.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
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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!
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
Mankind—and, above all, islanders—come very swiftly to a bearing, and find very readily, upon one convention or another, a tolerable corporate life.
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280
Events follow swiftly in her tale, but all is thoroughly coherent, and a number of facts are included which could be substantiated.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449