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Quickly vs Highball - What's the difference?

quickly | highball |

As an adverb quickly

is rapidly; with speed; fast.

As a noun highball is

a cocktail made from spirit plus soda water etc.

As a verb highball is

to make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.

quickly

English

Adverb

(quicker)
  • rapidly; with speed; fast
  • Very soon
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    Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
    If we go this way, we'll get there quickly .

    Usage notes

    * Although the comparative and superlative one-word forms exist and are in use, the two-word forms are more common.

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    highball

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cocktail made from spirit plus soda water etc.
  • (rail transport) An all clear'' or ''full speed ahead signal.
  • Derived terms

    *highball glass

    Descendants

    * Japanese:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
  • If we highball the price, it comes out to $240. If we lowball it, it's closer to $200.
  • (slang, rare, or, erroneous) To move quickly; to hightail.
  • Antonyms

    * (estimate) lowball