Quickly vs Highball - What's the difference?
quickly | highball |
rapidly; with speed; fast
Very soon
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham
, work=BBC Sport
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.}} A cocktail made from spirit plus soda water etc.
(rail transport) An all clear'' or ''full speed ahead signal.
To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
(slang, rare, or, erroneous) To move quickly; to hightail.
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)citation, page= , passage=Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
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.Statistics
*highball
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
*highball glassDescendants
* Japanese:Verb
(en verb)- If we highball the price, it comes out to $240. If we lowball it, it's closer to $200.