fleetly
In rapid fashion
Fleetly means swiftly or nimbly—moving with light, rapid grace.
The adverb derives from fleet in its sense of quick: The deer bounded fleetly across the meadow.
The word is literary and uncommon in everyday speech.
At high velocity
- quicklyAt high speed
- brisklyIn a quick, energetic manner
- hastilyIn rushed manner
- dashQuick burst or pinch
sprint · bolt · zoom · whizz · hurtle · streak · gallop · race
With light quickness
- deftlyWith nimble precision
- lightlyWith little weight
- sprylyIn nimble manner
- adroitlyWith practiced skill
catlike · lithely · acrobatically · surefooted · evasively · dodging · darting · pivoting
With tasteful grace
- gracefullyWith elegant movement
- smoothlyWithout friction or difficulty
- fluidlyIn flowing manner
- effortlesslyWithout visible labor
gliding · floating · airily · ethereally · sylphlike · balletically · liltingly · flowingly
rapidly
At high velocity
dash · sprint · bolt · zoom · whizz · hurtle · streak · gallop · race · fly
nimbly
With light quickness
adroitly · catlike · lithely · acrobatically · surefooted · evasively · dodging · darting · pivoting · weaving
elegantly
With tasteful grace
- gracefullyWith elegant movement
- smoothlyWithout friction or difficulty
- fluidlyIn flowing manner
effortlessly · gliding · floating · airily · ethereally · sylphlike · balletically · liltingly · flowingly
fleetlyslowly
At reduced speed
sluggishly · tardily · leisurely · ploddingly · laggardly
fleetlyponderously
In a heavy, slow way
heavily · clumsily · lumberingly · awkwardly · laboriously
- fleeting momentTransient instant
- fishing fleetBoats for commercial catch
- fleeting glanceQuick, passing look
- fleeting thoughtBrief, quickly forgotten idea
- treasure fleetShips transporting plundered wealth
- fleet footedQuick on one's legs
fleeting, fleet, fleetingly, fleetness, fleetest, fleetingness, fleet-footed