swiftly
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Synonyms & Antonyms for swiftly
Synonyms
apace, briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fast, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, hell-for-leather, hot, lickety-split, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, soon, speedily, swift
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Fish and Game Law Enforcement feels the school acted swiftly and appropriately and worked with them from the beginning. — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, "High School Football Players Allegedly Lured Duck Out of Water Before Brutal Beating," 10 Sep. 2019 Revenge was delivered swiftly and effectively by La Cañada Flintridge Prep in nonleague action Friday night at Sage Hill. — Andrew Campa, Daily Pilot, "Sage Hill football falls to Flintridge Prep, suffers first regular-season loss since 2017," 7 Sep. 2019 In contrast, hundreds of protesters have been arrested swiftly and many charged with rioting, which carries a much heavier punishment. — Mary Hui, Quartz, "Armed thugs returned to the streets of Hong Kong to attack protesters," 5 Aug. 2019 All reasonable steps were taken to prevent this very unfortunate incident and our staff responded swiftly and in line with our emergency protocols and procedures. — Colleen Shalby, latimes.com, "Family says when sharks attacked woman, tour guides did nothing to help," 10 July 2019 Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Michael McBride decided authorities had to act swiftly on the threats in the wake of the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, NBC affiliate WFMJ reports. — David K. Li, NBC News, "FBI arrest Ohio teen for online threats and find 25 firearms, 10,000 rounds of ammo," 13 Aug. 2019 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was praised for acting swiftly, vowing to end access to the weapons just days after the shootings. — Bianca Britton, CNN, "Buy-back schemes and stricter gun laws: How other countries responded to mass shootings," 6 Aug. 2019 Cavagnini said Hopkins acted swiftly once the complaint had been filed in the fall. — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, "Tenured Johns Hopkins professor resigns after school finds he violated sexual misconduct policy," 25 July 2019 Inspired by the move - as well as Philippe Coutinho's potential departure, albeit a loan - here's a list of seven expensive signings who flopped and were swiftly moved on elsewhere. — SI.com, "7 Expensive Transfer Signings Who Flopped & Were Soon Shipped Out," 10 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'swiftly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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