different between quickly vs forthwith

quickly

English

Etymology

From Middle English quickly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwicul??e, equivalent to quick +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kw?kli/

Adverb

quickly (comparative more quickly, superlative most quickly)

  1. Rapidly; with speed; fast.
  2. Very soon.
    If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

Usage notes

  • Although the comparative (quicklier) and superlative (quickliest) one-word forms exist and are and have been in limited use, the two-word forms (more quickly and most quickly) are much more common.

Related terms

  • quick (adjective and adverb)

Translations

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forthwith

English

Etymology

From Middle English forth-with (at once, immediately; at the same time, already; straight ahead) [and other forms], partly from the phrase forth with (something), and partly from forth-with-al, furth-with-al (at once, immediately; together with) (whence forthwithal).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f????w?ð/, /-?w??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /f????w??/, /?f????w??/
  • Rhymes: -?ð, -??
  • Hyphenation: forth?with

Adverb

forthwith (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly formal, literary) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]
    Synonyms: (archaic) forthwithal; see also Thesaurus:immediately

Translations

References

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