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Definition of "rapidly" []

  • With speed; in a rapid manner. (adverb)

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Use "rapidly" in a sentence
  • "It is obvious that this tendency cannot be reversed, no matter how rapidly the people's income is increased, unless it rises _more rapidly_ than that of the well-to-do."
  • "Everytime I played a disc in my laptop, you could slightly hear the label rapidly scraping against something in my DVD drive."
  • "Mr Clegg's hope that his colleague will clear his name "rapidly" so that he can "return to play a key role in government as soon as possible" was notably not echoed by David Cameron."