lickety-split

Example Sentences

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Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace could have supplied us, lickety-split.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

In the handful of years between the end of World War I and the 1929 stock market crash, Los Angeles became, lickety-split, the aviation capital of the nation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

The world is changing at a lickety-split pace, but the return of GiveBIG on May 2-3 reminds us that the desire to do good is an unchanging feature of the human heart.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Construction started barely three weeks ago, but the building is going up lickety-split.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2020

“We saw them! They rode lickety-split right past us,” Randy exclaimed, helping her up.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper