Meanings
comparative more expeditiously · superlative most expeditiously
- In an expeditious manner, quickly.
For the convenience of Charlotte and her child, they were to be more than two days on their journey, and Mr. Palmer, travelling more expeditiously with Colonel Brandon, was to join them at Cleveland soon after their arrival.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC1 more example
With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.
1859, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLCSynonyms: apace, fast, hastily, hurriedly, posthaste, quicksome, rapidly, speedily
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an expeditious manner, quickly.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwith efficiency; in an efficient manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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