lickety-split
Fast as anything
Lickety-split means very fast, at top speed: She finished her homework lickety-split and ran outside to play.
The word is informal and somewhat playful, often describing quick completion of a task.
It's an American expression, probably formed from lick in its sense of a quick stroke or movement.
At high speed
instantly · immediately · pronto · posthaste · straightaway · promptly · hastily · briskly
Without any delay
- chop-chopUrgent command for speed
- jiffyInformal term for instant
- snappyQuick and clever
- zippyLively and quick
tickety-boo · quickstep · snappish · peppy · in two shakes · before you know it
quickly
At high speed
swiftly · instantly · immediately · pronto · posthaste · straightaway · promptly · hastily · briskly · snappily
pronto
Without any delay
zippy · tickety-boo · quickstep · snappish · peppy · in two shakes · before you know it
hurry
Move with urgency
dash · sprint · race · bolt · scurry · scamper · hasten · accelerate · expedite · bustle
quaint
Attractively unfamiliar, outdated
nostalgic · folksy · homespun · Americana · bygone · yesteryear · classic · wholesome · down-home · corny
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- Quick wordsinstant, swift, rapid, fast, speedy
- speed adverbsquickly, fast, rapidly, swiftly, speedily
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, quick as a flash, in no time, like lightning, quick as lightning
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
lickety-splitslowly
At reduced speed
sluggishly · at a snail's pace · leisurely · unhurriedly · ploddingly
split, lick, licking, splitting, licks, splits, splitter, licker