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Synonyms for swiftly
Synonyms for swiftly: rapidly and apace. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for swiftly
Interchangeable with swiftly in this sense
Audited under swiftly's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one swiftly carries in that sense.
- rapidlyadverb, in the sense "quickly, at high speed"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name swiftly as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- apaceapace is an adverb in the sense "quickly, at a rapid pace"
The first group is filed under swiftly's own sense. The second reaches swiftly from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
quickly, at high speed
The current carried the raft swiftly downstream.
The true synonym
rapidly
Same sentence, swapped: The current carried the raft rapidly downstream.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot swiftly is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- smoothly
- quietly
- gently
Where swiftly turns up in the game
swiftly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where swiftly is the trap
- haltinglyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is falteringly, in the sense "proceeding with hesitant stops and starts", and swiftly is on the board beside it.
- laboriouslyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is arduously, in the sense "with great effort and diligence", so swiftly is there to be ruled out.
- prudentlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is judiciously, in the sense "in a manner showing careful, sensible management of money", with swiftly sitting one tile away.
- unerringlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is infallibly, in the sense "in a way that does not make any mistakes, with unfailing accuracy", so swiftly is there to be ruled out.
Play swiftly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so swiftly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because movement is the company swiftly keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. swiftly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.