quickliest
English
Adverb
quickliest
- (rare, literary, dated) superlative form of quickly: most quickly
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion:
- Yet, in the very centre of the crowd,
To keep the secret of a poignant scorn,
Howe'er to airy Demons suitable,
Of all unsocial courses, is least fit
For the gross spirit of mankind, — the one
That soonest fails to please, and quickliest turns
Into vexation.
- 1868, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Medea of Euripides, page 13, line 105
- Go, go, pass within, as you quickliest can.
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