Dictionary Definition
quickly adv
2 with little or no delay; "the rescue squad
arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly, quick]
3 without taking pains; "he looked cursorily
through the magazine" [syn: cursorily]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈkwɪkli/
Usage notes
- Although the comparative and superlative one word forms exist and are in use, the two word forms are more common.
Translations
- Czech: rychle, honem
- Dutch: snel, vlug, gauw, spoedig, gezwind
- Egyptian: As
- Finnish: nopeasti
- French: rapidement
- West Frisian: hurd, fluch, gau
- German: schnell, rasch, geschwind
- Greek: γρήγορα
- Hebrew: מהר
- Hawaiian: wikiwiki
- Interlingua: rapido, rapidemente
- Kurdish: , ,
- Korean: Palli
- Latin: cito, celeriter
- Norwegian: fort
- Old English: hrædlīċe
- Polish: szybko, prędko, bystro
- Portuguese: rápido, rapidamente
- Romanian: rapid, repede
- Russian: быстро /býstro/
- Spanish: rápido, con velocidad, rapidamente
- Telugu: త్వరగా (tvaragaa)
- Turkish: çabuk
- Vietnamese: nhanh, mau
Related terms
- quick (adjective)
Extensive Definition
thumb|right|300px|Quickly
Daly City Store, CaliforniaQuickly () is one of the largest
tapioca
milk tea franchises in the world, with over 2000 locations in
Africa,
Asia, Europe and North
America. Quickly is the brand name of Kuai Ke Li Enterprise Co.
Ltd., which was founded in 1996 by Nancy Yang in Taiwan
and started franchising in 1998.
Quickly Corporation was founded in California and
started its trademark licensing program at the same time. Quickly
began marketing themselves as a New Generation Asian Fusion-style
cafe in the USA, as opposed to just a tapioca drink shop. Most
locations offer free Wi-Fi internet access.
Quickly and California based Tapioca
Express have very similar logos and store themes, but they are
not related. However, now that Quickly has gained popularity in the
US, the two shops often compete with each other, sometimes within
the same shopping strip.
On September 25, 2007, San Francisco Mayor Gavin
Newsom suspended Supervisor Ed Jew for alleged
official misconduct and began the process of removing him from
office. Quickly Store owners at San Francisco Sunset district
helped the FBI
to video and voice record Ed Jew trying to collect $80,000 Cash
from Quickly's Irving Store Owner.
On May 17th, 2008, Quickly official launch their
new age non-fat tart frozen
yogurt at the SingTao Asian Expo, and officially available at
their key locations on the following week. Quickly, Pinkberry and
Red
Mango become the top 3 froyo chain in the United States based
on the number of the stores.
References
External links
quickly in Japanese: 快可立
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
PDQ,
agilely, amain, animatedly, anxiously, apace, at flank speed, at once, at
the double, avidly,
breathlessly,
briefly, by forced
marches, cursorily,
decisively, directly, double-quick,
eagerly, enthusiastically,
expeditiously,
fast, feverishly, flat-out,
fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly, for a moment,
forthwith, furiously, hand over fist,
hand over hand, hastily,
headlong, hell for
leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, helter-skelter,
hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry,
immediately,
impatiently,
impetuously,
impulsively, in an
instant, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high
gear, in no time, in passing, in seven-league boots, instanter, instantly, keenly, lickety-cut,
lickety-split, momentarily, nimbly, on the double, on the
instant, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, post, posthaste, precipitately, pretty
damned quick, promptly,
pronto, quick, rapidly, rashly, readily, recklessly, right away, right
off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, snappily, speedily, spryly, straightaway, straightway, subito, suddenly, summarily, superficially, swiftly, transiently, trippingly, under forced
draft, vivaciously,
whip and spur, with a rush, with alacrity, with all haste, with all
speed, with dispatch, with giant strides, with gusto, with haste,
with open arms, with rapid strides, with relish, with speed, with
zest, without delay, without further delay, zestfully