rapidly
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1.4
- adverb
- /ˈræpɪdli/
:
rápidamente
- But now it's spreading rapidly throughout local communities.
- rapidly changing
- rapidly expanding
- rapidly growing
I feel like we're aging rapidly, trying to keep up.
- I feel like we're aging rapidly, trying to keep up.
- And the world has not changed rapidly enough for my liking.
- We were growing so rapidly and successfully.
- But things are and will continue to rapidly change on these fronts.
- But of course it is rapidly starting to challenge humans for breath.
- And that number is increasing rapidly all around the world.
- They can breathe rapidly and heavily, which happens often.
Examples
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But the media along which we can convey content is rapidly changing.
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Rohan's population grew rapidly and the people prospered.
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I support you when you say that we should rapidly reduce prices.
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What happens when you rapidly cool hot metal?
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There was no longer real space for making sense of the changes happening so rapidly in the country.
Academic text (2011) -
We were growing so rapidly and successfully.
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The sun was down now, and the sky was fading rapidly toward night.
Fiction book (1990) -
They have been growing very rapidly over the last decade.
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No wonder state and federal health departments later expressed alarm at the rapidly rising rate of diabetes.
Academic text (2011) -
The runner moved rapidly towards the finish line, determined to win the race.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Moving or happening quickly
∞
1.0
At a fast speed or without delay
130
1.0
Happening or done without any delay
50
3.3
Very quickly, in almost no time
49
3.5
In a quick, careless way
35
2.5
Very quickly in a single moment
24
3.5
Quickly and with a lot of energy to get things done
23
3.2
Acting quickly with little care
16
8.1
To tell someone to hurry in a quick way
13
3.5
Very quickly without delay
11
7.3
In a quick and efficient way
9
2.8
Quickly and without careful thought
6
2.4
To act quickly without delay
6
3.6
Happening or moving very quickly
5
8.2
At a fast pace
3
3.0
It happens very quickly with little effort
3
7.4
As quickly as possible
1
5.1
To happen or be done very quickly
1
6.0
Moving at a fairly fast speed
1
2.0
Happen very fast
1
8.0
In a very quick way, like someone running fast
1
8.3
Very quickly without careful thought
To do something quickly and smoothly
Very fast, without delay
In a very short time
In a very fast way that happens almost instantly
Very quickly and in a hurry
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rapidly comes from the Latin word rapidus, which meant 'rushing' or 'seizing'. Think of the rapids in a river that move very fast; that's why rapidly means 'quickly'.