Quickly: adj. and adv. (word coming from “prompt, hasty” in Old French of unknown origin, probably radical expressive).
The word “fast” has several meanings:
I ) Adjective (old): Fast.
The fastest runner.
II) Adverb (in the XNUMXth century, we said quickly)
1. By covering a large area in a short time.
Go, walk, run fast (spin, dash; colloquial: bombard, trace).
Ride fast (Full steam ahead, full throttle, full throttle, full throttle, at breakneck speed, at...
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