adjective, noun
adjective (swifter, swiftest) (written)
1 ~ (to do sth) happening or done quickly and immediately; doing sth quickly:
swift action / progress * a swift decision / glance * He rose to his feet in one swift movement. * The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
2 moving very quickly; able to move very quickly:
a swift current / runner -< FAST
swiftly adverb:
Surprise was swiftly followed by outrage. * She moved swiftly to the rescue.
swiftness noun [U,sing.]:
He moved with surprising swiftness for a man of his age. * She made her escape with a swiftness born of fear.
noun a small bird with long narrow wings, similar to a SWALLOW
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for swift is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does swift appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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