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expeditiously

adv
/ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/UK

Etymology

From expeditious + -ly.

  1. derived from expedītus — “disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”
  2. inherited from expedycius — “useful, fitting”
  3. formed as expeditiously — “expeditious + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In an expeditious manner, quickly.

    • 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.
    • 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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