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Scurry vs Rapidly - What's the difference?

scurry | rapidly |

As a verb scurry

is to run away with quick light steps, to scamper.

As an adverb rapidly is

with speed; in a rapid manner.

scurry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • * 1964 ,
    • Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

    Derived terms

    * scurry away * scurry off

    Anagrams

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    rapidly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • With speed; in a rapid manner.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

    Synonyms

    * (with speed) quickly, speedily * See also