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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant: easy, slow, slowly, tardily]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Etymology: Chinese Pidgin English, reduplication of chop fast Date: 1834 without delay ; quickly

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. & int. (pidgin English) quickly, quick. Etymology: f. Chin. dial. k' wâi-k' wâi





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