quick vs fast vs quickly
Definitions
adjective
- performed with little or no delay
- accomplished rapidly and without delay
- easily aroused or excited
- hurried and brief
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
noun
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
adverb
- with little or no delay
Examples
Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
I have seen far too many people give up too quickly on their programs after a few short weeks.
The quick touch buttons on the top are not really "touchable," you have to smudge (grind) the button a little to use it.
Definitions
verb
- abstain from eating
- abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
adjective
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
- at a rapid tempo
- (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
- (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
adverb
- quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
- firmly or closely
noun
- abstaining from food
Examples
So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken.
It bothered me a little that I didn't have a pickup, and I couldn't see doing much off road driving with my Mustang fastback.
Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
Definitions
adverb
- without taking pains
- with little or no delay
- with speed
Examples
I have seen far too many people give up too quickly on their programs after a few short weeks.
The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
Ultracare 3 is quickly absorbed into the skin and forms a protective grease-free barrier.
