"swiftly" meaning in English

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          "text": "Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour.",
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        "In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly."
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          "fleetly",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bǎrzo",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "бързо"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "ràpidament"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "vikkelästi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "nopeasti"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "lixeiro"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "schnell"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "flink"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "behände"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thoôs",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "θοῶς"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "celeriter"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "velociter"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "hah"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "fluks"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "āśu",
          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "आशु"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "rápidamente"
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      "sense": "quickly",
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      "sense": "quickly",
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      "sense": "quickly",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "nopeasti"
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      "sense": "quickly",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "schnell"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "flink"
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      "word": "behände"
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      "roman": "thoôs",
      "sense": "quickly",
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "celeriter"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "velociter"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "hah"
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      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "fluks"
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      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "āśu",
      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "आशु"
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