Etymology

swiftly

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Today it means: In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Full definition →

Middle English swiftly ← Old English swiftlīċe
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromswiftlīċe“swiftly”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromswiftly
  3. English todayswiftly

From Middle English swiftly, swyftely, swiftliche, from Old English swiftlīċe (“swiftly”), equivalent to swift + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.