# quickly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈkwɪkli/ · frequency rank #1,094

## Definitions
1. Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
2. Very soon.

## Etymology
From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **quirky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quickly-vs-quirky)
- **quietly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quickly-vs-quietly)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quick-vs-quickly)
- **quicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quicker-vs-quickly)
- **quicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quicken-vs-quickly)
- **quickie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quickie-vs-quickly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`qiuckly`, `qquickly`, `qucikly`, `quicckly`, `quickkly`, `quicklly`, `quicklyy`, `quickyl`, `quiclky`, `quikcly`, `uqickly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quickly