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PDQ

ADJECTIVE
fast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agile brisk hot nimble quick rapid swift
STRONG
accelerated active dashing electric flashing fleet fleeting flying hurried racing ready snap split-second winged
WEAK
blue streak breakneck double-time expeditious expeditive hairtrigger hasty hypersonic in a jiffy in nothing flat lickety split like a bat out of hell like all get out like crazy like mad on the double posthaste presto pronto screamin' snappy speedball supersonic velocious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clumsy slow
STRONG
dull
WEAK
plodding tardy unhurried
ADJECTIVE
hasty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abrupt careless expeditious hurried ill-advised impulsive quick rapid reckless sudden swift urgent
WEAK
agile brash breakneck brief brisk cursory eager fast fiery fleet fleeting foolhardy harefooted headlong heedless impatient impetuous incautious inconsiderate madcap on the double passing perfunctory precipitate prompt pronto quickened quickie rash rushed short slambang slapdash snappy superficial thoughtless
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careful cautious kind leisurely slow sluggish thoughtful wise
WEAK
delayed lazy lingering loitering
ADVERB
immediately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly forthwith instantly promptly rapidly shortly soon urgently
STRONG
now
WEAK
anon at short notice away double-time hereupon in a New York minute in a flash in a jiffy in nothing flat instantaneously instanter like now now or never on the dot on the double on the spot pronto right now soon afterward straight away straight off summarily thereupon this instant this minute tout de suite unhesitatingly without delay without hesitation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
later
WEAK
eventually never
ADVERB
instantly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly immediately instantaneously right away
STRONG
forthwith now
WEAK
at once away double-time first off in a flash instanter on a dime pronto right spontaneously straight away there and then this minute tout de suite without delay
Antonyms
STRONG
later
WEAK
eventually
ADVERB
now
Synonyms
STRONGEST
today
STRONG
directly forthwith immediately instantly nowadays straightaway
WEAK
any more at once at the moment at this moment at this time away first off here and now in a minute in a moment in nothing flat instanter just now like now momentarily on the double promptly pronto right away right now soon these days this day
Antonyms
STRONG
eventually later
WEAK
future past
ADVERB
promptly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly expeditiously hastily instantly quickly rapidly speedily swiftly
STRONG
pronto
WEAK
at once fast flat-out fleetly in nothing flat lickety-split like a shot now on the dot on the double on time posthaste punctually right away sharp straightaway unhesitatingly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
slowly
WEAK
late negligently

Example Sentences

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She filed her legal claim in New Mexico state court, and is seeking unspecified damages from Seth Kenney and PDQ Arm and Prop LLC.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023

Jan. 12, 2022 - Gutierrez Reed in a lawsuit accuses prop provider Seth Kenney and his company, PDQ Arm and Prop LLC, of delivering live ammunition to the set.

From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2023

Two key avenues for spreading knowledge are through the National Cancer Institute’s PDQ Web site and guidelines maintained by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of 31 leading U.S. cancer centers.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2022

"It’s not a possibility that they came from PDQ or from myself personally," Kenney previously told ABC News.

From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2022

Please make and deliver same PDQ and oblige Yours truly F.B.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

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