Fast and Headlong

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Fast adverb - With great speed.

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Headlong and fast are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Headlong" instead the word "Fast" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: fasted, fasting

Headlong adverb - Without delay.

Usage example: had barely finished the last project when we went headlong into the next one

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Fast and headlong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fast" instead the word "Headlong" as an adjective or an adverb.

What happens when a Caribbean Latino accent crashes headlong into The Affect — fast, high-pitched, and sometimes extremely nasal.

Source: Useful Notes / American Accents
Instead of scouting out a pirate ship sighting, the marines find themselves thrown headlong into a messy guerrilla war with a numerically superior foe, without air support, and their only help Kzarch's rather amatuerish army (To be fair, they're gaining experience fast.).

Source: Literature / Invasion Of Kzarch
The "Fast Times At Achewood High" arc (starting here) begins normally enough, but then it veers headlong into some pretty unnerving territory.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Web Comics

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