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nimble
ability, agility
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speedy
fast, instant
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fast
mental condition, property
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agile
ability, agility
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prompt
eager, fast
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rapid
fast, property
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sharp
ability, characteristic
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swift
fast, property
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hasty
fast, property
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brisk
behaviour, ability
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flying
brief, nimble
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immediate
instant, time
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expeditious
property, immediate
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intelligent
characteristic, ability
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ready
eager, smart
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hurried
hasty, brief
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alert
characteristic, behaviour
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bright
intelligent, keen
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smart
keen, intelligent
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fleet
hasty, hurried
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quickly
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spry
energetic, nimble
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keen
characteristic, alert
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brief
concise
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clever
intelligent, keen
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quick-witted
intelligent, smart
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short
brief, concise
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astute
intelligent, keen
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alive
behaviour, bustling
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acute
characteristic, sharp
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abrupt
character trait, excitable
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perceptive
alert, sharp
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lively
behaviour, agility
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instant
time, timely
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promptly
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active
behaviour, mental condition
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sharp-witted
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breakneck
sudden, lightning
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sudden
immediate
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energetic
mental condition, agility
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Определения слова quick
- быстрый, скорый.
- She gave them a quick look.
- безотлагательный, незамедлительный.
- These investors feel the need to make quick profits.
- быстро реагирующий (на что-л.).
- Quick to help
- сообразительный, смышлёный.
- She has a quick wit and tongue.
- проворный; энергичный.
- He is a quick worker and good communicator.
- острый, тонкий (о слухе, зрении).
- He has a quick ear.
- крутой, резкий (о повороте, подъёме, спуске).
- Quick turn
- быстрый, скорый.
Синонимы к слову quick
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- abrupt
- adroit
- agile
- astute
- brief
- bright
- clever
- cursory
- fast
- fleeting
- immediate
- instant
- intelligent
- lively
- momentary
- nimble
- nippy
- passing
- prompt
- quick on the uptake
- quick-thinking
- rapid
- sharp-witted
- short
- shrewd
- smart
- speedy
- sprightly
- spry
- sudden
- swift
- transient
- vivacious
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- abrupt
- active
- agile
- brief
- brisk
- cursory
- energetic
- expeditious
- hasty
- hurried
- immediate
- instantaneous
- keen
- nimble
- rapid
- sudden
- swift
- alert
- express
- fleet
- flying
- going
- prompt
- ASAP
- a move on
- accelerated
- animated
- breakneck
- curt
- double-time
- expeditive
- harefooted
- headlong
- impatient
- impetuous
- lively
- mercurial
- move it
- on the double
- perfunctory
- posthaste
- pronto
- snappy
- spirited
- split-second
- sprightly
- spry
- the lead out
- winged
- able
- active
- deft
- effective
- keen
- ready
- sharp
- vigorous
- wise
- acute
- adept
- knowing
- prompt
- savvy
- slick
- whiz
- adroit
- all there
- apt
- astute
- bright
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- dexterous
- discerning
- effectual
- intelligent
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- quick-witted
- receptive
- sharp as a tack
- shrewd
- skillful
- smart as a whip
- wired
On this page you’ll find 241 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quick, such as: abrupt, active, agile, brief, brisk, and cursory.
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- dull
- idle
- ignorant
- impotent
- inactive
- ineffective
- inept
- lazy
- slow
- stupid
- unintelligent
- useless
- weak
- clumsy
- sluggish
- uneducated
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WORDS RELATED TO QUICK
- hasty
- hurried
- jerky
- precipitate
- precipitous
- quick
- rushing
- sudden
- surprising
- unanticipated
- unceremonious
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- increased
- quick
- aggressive
- agile
- alert
- alive
- animated
- assiduous
- bold
- brisk
- bustling
- busy
- chipper
- daring
- dashing
- determined
- dexterous
- diligent
- dynamic
- eager
- energetic
- engaged
- enlivened
- enterprising
- enthusiastic
- eventful
- fireball
- forceful
- forcible
- fresh
- frisky
- hard-working
- high-spirited
- hyper
- industrious
- intense
- inventive
- jumping
- keen
- lively
- nimble
- on the move
- perky
- persevering
- purposeful
- pushing
- quick
- rapid
- ready
- resolute
- sharp
- sprightly
- spry
- whiz
- zealous
- accomplished
- ace
- adroit
- brainy
- capable
- clean
- crack
- crackerjack
- deft
- dexterous
- expert
- hot
- hotshot
- know stuff
- masterful
- masterly
- no dummy
- no slouch
- nobody’s fool
- on the ball
- on the beam
- practiced
- proficient
- quick
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- skilled
- skillful
- slick
- smooth
- there
- up to speed
- versed
- whiz
- wizard
- active
- acute
- alert
- athletic
- brisk
- buoyant
- bustling
- clever
- dexterous
- easy-moving
- energetic
- fleet
- frisky
- limber
- lithe
- lively
- mercurial
- prompt
- quick
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick-witted
- rapid
- ready
- sharp
- spirited
- sportive
- spright
- sprightly
- spry
- stirring
- supple
- swift
- twinkle toes
- vigorous
- vivacious
- winged
- zippy
- active
- all ears
- bright
- cagey
- careful
- circumspect
- clever
- fast on the draw
- good hands
- heads up
- heedful
- hip
- intelligent
- jazzed
- observant
- on guard
- on one’s toes
- on the ball
- on the job
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- perceptive
- psyched-up
- quick
- ready
- sharp
- spirited
- switched on
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
- wide-awake
- wired
- wise
- with it
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
1 active, brief, brisk, cursory, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, pdq (slang) perfunctory, prompt, quickie (informal) rapid, speedy, sudden, swift
2 agile, alert, animated, energetic, flying, keen, lively, nimble, spirited, sprightly, spry, vivacious, winged
3 able, acute, adept, adroit, all there (informal) apt, astute, bright (informal) clever, deft, dexterous, discerning, intelligent, nimble-witted, perceptive, quick on the uptake (informal) quick-witted, receptive, sharp, shrewd, skilful, smart
4 abrupt, curt, excitable, hasty, impatient, irascible, irritable, passionate, petulant, testy, touchy
5 (archaic) alive, animate, existing, live, living, viable
Antonyms
2 dull, heavy, inactive, lazy, lethargic, slow, sluggish, unresponsive
3 inexpert, maladroit, stupid, unintelligent, unskilful
4 calm, deliberate, patient, restrained
quick-tempered
cantankerous, choleric, excitable, fiery, hot-tempered, impatient, impulsive, irascible, irritable, petulant, quarrelsome, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal) shrewish, splenetic, testy, tetchy, waspish
Antonyms
cool, dispassionate, phlegmatic, placid, slow to anger, tolerant
quick-witted
alert, astute, bright (informal) clever, keen, perceptive, sharp, shrewd, smart
Antonyms
dull, obtuse, slow, slow-witted, stupid, thick (informal) unperceptive
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
quick
( quicker comparative) ( quickest superlative )
1 adj Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed., (Antonym: slow)
You’ll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours…, I think I’m a reasonably quick learner…
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quickly adv ADV with v (Antonym: slowly)
Cussane worked quickly and methodically…
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quickness n-uncount
…the natural quickness of his mind.
2 adv Quicker is sometimes used to mean `at a greater speed’, and quickest to mean `at the greatest speed’. Quick is sometimes used to mean `with great speed’. Some people consider this to be non-standard.
INFORMAL ADV after v
Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve quicker…
3 adj Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time.
He took one last quick look about the room…, Although this recipe looks long, it is actually very quick to prepare…
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quickly adv ADV with v
You can become fitter quite quickly and easily.
4 adj Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay.
usu ADJ n
(=speedy)
These investors feel the need to make quick profits.
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quickly adv ADV with v
It quickly became the most popular men’s fragrance in the world…
5 adv Quick is sometimes used to mean `with very little delay’.
INFORMAL ADV after v
I got away as quick as I could…
6 adj If you are quickto do something, you do not hesitate to do it.
v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf
Mark says the ideas are Katie’s own, and is quick to praise her talent…
7 adj If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry.
ADJ n
8 If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.
LITERARY
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cut sb to the quick phrase V inflects
I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the quick.
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double-quick
If you say that you will do something double-quick, you are emphasizing that you will do it very quickly.
INFORMAL adv ADV after v (emphasis)
Don’t worry. We’ll have you out of here double-quick. In double-quick time means the same as double-quick.
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in double-quick time phrase PHR after v
I was over the fence in double-quick time.
quick-
quick- is added to words, especially present participles, to form adjectives which indicate that a person or thing does something quickly. comb in adj
He was saved by quick-thinking neighbours., …quick-drying paint.
quick fix ( quick fixes plural ) If you refer to a quick fix to a problem, you mean a way of solving a problem that is easy but temporary or inadequate. n-count oft with neg (disapproval)
…tax measures enacted as a quick fix.
quick-tempered
Someone who is quick-tempered often gets angry without having a good reason. adj
quick-witted
Someone who is quick-witted is intelligent and good at thinking quickly. adj
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
quick sticks
adv.
very quickly; right now; in a big hurry
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at a stretch |
adv. |
in a line, continuously, in quick succession |
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sentence containing all letters of a given alphabet at least once.The canonical example in English is: ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’. |
A perfect pangram contains each letter of the alphabet just once and thus is far more difficult to come up with. The best seems to be: ‘Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx’. |
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quickadjective
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
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rapid, swift, speedy, fastAntonyms:
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quickadjective
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
That was a quick meal.
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quickadjective
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
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speedy, rapid, swift, fast -
quickadjective
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
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fast, rapid, speedy, swift -
quickadjective
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
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quickadjective
Alive, living.
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quickadjective
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus’s movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
She was quick with child.
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speedy, rapid, fast, swift -
quickadjective
Of water: flowing.
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quickadjective
Burning, flammable, fiery.
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speedy, swift, rapid, fast
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Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.
Synonyms:
active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people’s business.
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quick
Synonyms:
fast, rapid, speedy, expeditious, swift, hasty, prompt, ready, clever, sharp, shrewd, adroit, keen, fleet, active, brisk, nimble, lively, agile, alert, sprightly, transient, intelligent, irascibleAntonyms:
slow, tardy, sluggish, inert, inactive, dull, insensitive
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quickadjective
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
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inactive, unexcitable, unhurried, slow, unintelligent, stupid -
quick, speedyadjective
accomplished rapidly and without delay
«was quick to make friends»; «his quick reaction prevented an accident»; «hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem»; «a speedy recovery»; «he has a right to a speedy trial»
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying, rapidAntonyms:
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flying, quick, fastadjective
hurried and brief
«paid a flying visit»; «took a flying glance at the book»; «a quick inspection»; «a fast visit»
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ready, flying, profligate, straightaway, debauched, riotous, prompt, speedy, fast, dissolute, libertine, truehearted, warm, immobile, loyal, degraded, agile, fast(a), fast-flying, firm, dissipated, spry, degenerate, immediate, nimbleAntonyms:
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agile, nimble, quick, spryadjective
moving quickly and lightly
«sleek and agile as a gymnast»; «as nimble as a deer»; «nimble fingers»; «quick of foot»; «the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it»
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flyingAntonyms:
unhurried, inactive, unintelligent, slow, unexcitable, stupid -
quick, readyadjective
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
«a quick mind»; «a ready wit»
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying, ready(a)Antonyms:
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immediate, prompt, quick, straightawayadjective
performed with little or no delay
«an immediate reply to my letter»; «a prompt reply»; «was quick to respond»; «a straightaway denial»
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, prompt, spry, speedy, ready, agile, nimble, flying, contiguousAntonyms:
unexcitable, slow, unhurried, unintelligent, stupid, inactive -
quick, warmadverb
easily aroused or excited
«a quick temper»; «a warm temper»
Synonyms:
ready, tender, straightaway, fond, prompt, speedy, fast, ardent, warm, lovesome, spry, agile, flying, strong, affectionate, immediate, nimbleAntonyms:
unhurried, unexcitable, unintelligent, slow, stupid, inactive -
promptly, quickly, quickadverb
with little or no delay
«the rescue squad arrived promptly»; «come here, quick!»
Synonyms:
rapidly, pronto, chop-chop, speedily, cursorily, readily, right away, quickly, apace, promptlyAntonyms:
stupid, slow, unhurried, unexcitable, unintelligent, inactive
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quickadjective
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active, nimble, agile, alert, brisk, prompt, ready -
quickadjective
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rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flying -
quickadjective
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dexterous, adroit, skilful, expert, apt -
quickadjective
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acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious, discerning -
quickadjective
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hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish, petulant, irascible, peppery, snappish -
quickadjective
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QUICKLY
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quickadjective
Synonyms:
hasty, swift, fast, speedy, fleet, hurried, rapid, expeditious, living, animate, live, animated, sprightly, lively, spirited, agile, brisk, nimble, prompt, deft, irascible, passionate, choleric, excitable, hasty, sharp, summaryAntonyms:
slow, dilatory, sluggish
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List of paraphrases for «quick»:
rapid, fast, quickly, rapidly, speedy, swift, prompt, expeditious, hurry, rapids, swiftly, timely, soon, early, promptly, brief, sticky, expeditiously, speedily, fast-track, short
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Peter Wooders:
The overall direction of travel has got to be a quick move away from subsidies, this isn’t something we want to be talking about in 10 years, and ideally not something we want to be talking about in five years.
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Anne Richard:
They’re not treated differently than other refugees. Syrians are less of a threat, actually, because they’ve fled their country. They’ve voted with their feet, let me stop you there real quick.
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Gary Peters:
We’re also looking at some intelligence failures, and some recommendations roughly regarding the National Guard, but it’s meant to be an opportunity to look at some quick recommendations for some relatively quick action to make sure that we’re safeguarding the Capitol, we’re dealing with a very complex issue here that, and the more folks that are looking into it the better, because ultimately, we want to make sure that what we saw happen on January 6th never happens again.
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Bruce Campbell:
It’s a case of ‘shoot first, ask questions later’, (Investors) probably do some quick back-of-the-envelope math and say, ‘we’re not going to see the sales we expected, so we’re out’.
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Garry Brown:
By the time it comes to the beach, it’s done tremendous damage. Our frustration is, it could have been averted if there was a quick response.
Translations for quick
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- سَريع, سريعArabic
- тиҙ, шәпBashkir
- хуткіBelarusian
- бързBulgarian
- corrents, carn vivaCatalan, Valencian
- rychlýCzech
- bywWelsh
- kvik, hurtigDanish
- schnell, schnell von Begriff, geschwind, quicklebendig, rasch, NagelbettGerman
- γρήγορα, γρήγοροςGreek
- rápido, carne vivaSpanish
- nobeEstonian
- فرزPersian
- äkkipikainen, nopea, vikkelä, elävä, sukkela, nopeaälyinen, nokkela, virtaava, pikainen, herkästi syttyvä, nopeastiFinnish
- rapide, animé, vivantFrench
- luath, tráthúil, beoIrish
- gradScottish Gaelic
- gyors, eleven, lobbanékony, friss, élénk, hirtelen, eszesHungarian
- արագArmenian
- rapideInterlingua
- fljóturIcelandic
- rapidoItalian
- 速い, 早いJapanese
- სწრაფიGeorgian
- ತ್ವರಿತKannada
- 빠르다, 빠른Korean
- گورجKurdish
- rapidus, quickLatin
- knašs, nasks, žigls, straujš, ātrs, ašsLatvian
- брз, досетлив, бистар, жив, остроуменMacedonian
- haastig, snel, rap, vlug, levend vleesDutch
- kvikk, rask, frisk og raskNorwegian
- szybkiPolish
- ligeiro, célere, rápido, velozPortuguese
- rapid, aprig, iute, energic, repede, ager, înfocat, violent, vioi, învăpăiat, sprinten, vioaieRomanian
- быстрый, живой, проворный, вспыльчивый, скорый, бы́строRussian
- брз, brzSerbo-Croatian
- rýchlySlovak
- hiterSlovene
- kvick, snabb, ilsken, rapp, lättretlig, ilsk, hastig, snabbt, fortSwedish
- விரைவானTamil
- швидкий, скорийUkrainian
- nhanhVietnamese
- 快的Chinese
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