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Swiftly vs Lickety-split - What's the difference?

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Swiftly is a related term of lickety-split.


As adverbs the difference between swiftly and lickety-split

is that swiftly is in a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly while lickety-split is quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.

swiftly

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly
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    lickety-split

    English

    Adverb

  • Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.
    • At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety-split .

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