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Questions about rapidly

What is another word for rapidly?

It depends which rapidly you mean. In the sense “with speed”, the synonyms are quickly, speedily, chop-chop, apace, in short order. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of rapidly?

WordNet records no antonym for rapidly. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for rapidly come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of rapidly

• Full entry for rapidlyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for rapidlyWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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