fleetly
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Even the return of Cooper is handled fairly fleetly.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2017
In the bathtub, Bella hummed to herself: “I’m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie. I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly.”
From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017
On Misha Kachman’s nightclub set, with metallic curtains and a long runway bisecting the theater, Gardiner maneuvers his actors and dancers fleetly, on the show’s grand and tragic march from the two-step to the goose-step.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2015
Tillinger's production moves confidently but not always fleetly.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2014
Frankie’s hands move fleetly, but I’ve got a good eye.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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