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Rapidly

/ˈræpədli/
Quickly or with great speed

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Examples:

Goldberg rapidly flipped the switches in front of him.

They fire rapidly down the street.

He was already rapidly calculating for himself.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the Latin "rapidus" meaning seizing or hasty, which comes from the verb "rapere" signifying to seize or capture. This passed into French as "rapide" and was used in English by the late 15th century.

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