expeditiously

English

Etymology

expeditious +‎ -ly

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/

Adverb

expeditiously (comparative more expeditiously, superlative most expeditiously)

  1. In an expeditious manner, quickly.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:quickly
    • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
      For the convenience of Charlotte and her child, they were to be more than two days on their journey, and Mr. Palmer, travelling more expeditiously with Colonel Brandon, was to join them at Cleveland soon after their arrival.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
      With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.
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