Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a speedful manner; speedily; quickly; successfully.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete In a speedful manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a speedful manner.

Etymologies

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speed + -ful + -ly

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Examples

  • It is really impossible to run speedfully in another man's pyjamas, so Oswald had taken them off, and wore his own brown knickerbockers belonging to his Norfolks.

    The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901

  • It is really IMPOSSIBLE to run speedfully in another man's pyjamas, so Oswald had taken them off, and wore his own brown knickerbockers belonging to his Norfolks.

    The Wouldbegoods 1891

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