lickety-split
Example Sentences
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A former child prodigy on the mandolin, Hull opened the evening flexing her Berklee-trained chops in a series of lickety-split bluegrass numbers that got early arrivers whistling with approval.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025
Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace could have supplied us, lickety-split.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024
Marshal, with lickety-split wit: “Some would say infamous.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022
Not every dish is lickety-split fast, but Peters, who won a James Beard award for her 2016 book, “Eat in My Kitchen,” thoughtfully designates weekends for more complicated dishes.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2021
After school, I walked as fast as I could, lickety-split, up the street and across the persimmon field.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
