Meanings
adverb
- datedliteraryraresuperlativesuperlative form of quickly: most quickly
Go, go, pass within, as you quickliest can.
1868, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Medea of Euripides, page 13, line 1051 more example
Yet, in the very centre of the crowd, To keep the secret of a poignant scorn, Howe'er to airy Demons suitable, Of all unsocial courses, is least fit For the gross spirit of mankind, — the one That soonest fails to please, and quickliest turns Into vexation.
1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
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