RAPIDLY

quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace, in short order

(adverb) with speed; “he works quickly”; “John got ready in short order”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

rapidly (comparative more rapidly, superlative most rapidly)

With speed; in a rapid manner.

Synonyms

• (with speed): quickly, speedily

• See also quickly

Anagrams

• pyralid

Source: Wiktionary

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Rap"id*ly, adv.

Definition: In a rapid manner.

RAPID

Rap"id, a. Etym: [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. rapide. Cf. Harpy, Ravish.]

1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. Milton.

2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.

Rap"id, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.]

Definition: The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. Row, brothers, row the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. Moore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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