Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Swiftly.
adj
Fast; quick; rapid. · Capable of moving at high speeds. · Quick-thinking; bright.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. · Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus. · A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth. · Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
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