lickety-split

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

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

Marshal, with lickety-split wit: “Some would say infamous.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

With her help, he begins an acting career, which leads lickety-split to the top job at Paramount Pictures.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2019

The girl’s turn goes lickety-split and so does the next guy’s.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko