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swiftly

adv
/ˈswɪftli/

Etymology

From Middle English swiftly, swyftely, swiftliche, from Old English swiftlīċe (“swiftly”), equivalent to swift + -ly.

  1. inherited from swiftlīċe — “swiftly”
  2. inherited from swiftly

Definitions

  1. In a swift manner

    In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

    • Mrs. Piper cut short these piracies by swiftly removing his spoon.
    • Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at swiftly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at swiftly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at swiftly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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