Fast
Fast adverb - With great speed.
Very quickly and fast are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very quickly" instead an adverb "Fast".
Very quickly
Fast and very quickly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fast" instead an adverb phrase "Very quickly".
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One unnamed fellow attempts this by bolting a cleaver to a hockey stick and rollerblading along fast enough to decapitate a zombie in one swing; He gets tripped and pulled into a sewer very quickly.
Source: Literature / World War Z -
It's fast and can do a lot of damage very quickly, but has low health for a B-Class mech.
Source: Video Game / Hawken - The familiars he summons are flying and fairly fast, in addition to attacking very hard and very quickly.
Source: Difficult but Awesome
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Very quickly and Fast. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fast/very_quickly
Fast & Very quickly. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fast/very_quickly>.
Very quickly or Fast. 2016. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fast/very_quickly.
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