Meanings
- datedliteraryrareMore quickly; with greater rapidity.
The terrified sailors would have begun to depart quicklier than they did, had not fear itself made them move slowly.
1834, Leigh Hunt, The Indicator, and the Companion, page 61 more example
The apprentice will learn much better and quicklier how to do things for knowing beforehand why he is bidden to do them in any particular way[…]
1871, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 24, page 332
Origin
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