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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kwik
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪk

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Définition of quickest

Origin :
  • Old English cwic "living, alive, animate," and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gweie- "to live" (see bio-). Sense of "lively, swift" developed by late 12c., on notion of "full of life."
  • NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. [Buck]
  • Of persons, "mentally active," from late 15c. Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., cf. quicksand). As an adverb from c.1300. To be quick about something is from 1937. Quick buck is from 1946, American English. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quick-witted is from 1520s.
  • adj fast, speedy
  • adj smart
Example sentences :
  • It's the easiest and quickest way out of the trouble for us, and the easiest and quickest way into trouble for them.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He followed a youth who was the quickest afoot and the readiest laugher.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • It would be the quickest way of rejoining them, to get upon the white bull's back.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Nor are we right in supposing that the swiftest of them is the slowest, nor conversely, that the slowest is the quickest.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Hard words were the kindest in the end, because the quickest understood.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • “It was the quickest dodge for getting him away from that tray,” he explained.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • "You took the quickest, most sensible course, Ackerman," said he.
  • Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • Lennon barely saved himself by the quickest of side-stepping.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • The quickest way to the subconscious is through self-hypnosis.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • Reuben, however, was slightly the quickest, and this saved his life.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty

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