different between quickly vs superflu

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

English

Etymology

super- +? flu

Noun

superflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)

1. Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.

Anagrams

• purseful

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Adjective

superflu (feminine supèrflua, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural supèrflues)

1. superfluous

Derived terms

• supèrfluament

Related terms

• superfluïtat

Further reading

• “superflu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “superflu” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “superflu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “superflu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.fly/

Adjective

superflu (feminine singular superflue, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural superflues)

1. superfluous

Derived terms

• superfluité

Further reading

• “superflu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).