"quickly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: quickly
Etymology: : quickly < quick + -ly
  1. γρήγορα, ταχέως, σβέλτα
    Sense id: el-quickly-en-adv-k~Zv8hKJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ly (αγγλικά)",
      "parents": [],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": quickly < quick + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quickly"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wants to get rich quickly.",
          "translation": "Θέλει να πλουτίσει γρήγορα."
        },
        {
          "text": "Don’t speak so quickly.",
          "translation": "Μην μιλάς τόσο γρήγορα."
        },
        {
          "text": "A new method for someone to learn foreign languages more quickly.",
          "translation": "Nέα μέθοδος για να μαθαίνει κανείς ταχύτερα τις ξένες γλώσσες."
        },
        {
          "text": "Do it quickly!",
          "translation": "Κάνε σβέλτα!"
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: fast, promptly, quick, rapidly, speedily και swiftly"
        },
        {
          "text": "≠ αντώνυμα: slowly"
        }
      ],
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        "γρήγορα, ταχέως, σβέλτα"
      ],
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    "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ly (αγγλικά)"
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quickly"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wants to get rich quickly.",
          "translation": "Θέλει να πλουτίσει γρήγορα."
        },
        {
          "text": "Don’t speak so quickly.",
          "translation": "Μην μιλάς τόσο γρήγορα."
        },
        {
          "text": "A new method for someone to learn foreign languages more quickly.",
          "translation": "Nέα μέθοδος για να μαθαίνει κανείς ταχύτερα τις ξένες γλώσσες."
        },
        {
          "text": "Do it quickly!",
          "translation": "Κάνε σβέλτα!"
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: fast, promptly, quick, rapidly, speedily και swiftly"
        },
        {
          "text": "≠ αντώνυμα: slowly"
        }
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