Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fleet manner; rapidly; swiftly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a fleet manner; rapidly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
fleet manner;swiftly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a swift manner
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Examples
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He slipped out of the room and ran fleetly through the zenana apartments in search of Jahanara.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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She dabbled in being the perfect version of her, busy and dancing fleetly through steps from high school to college and beyond.
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He slipped out of the room and ran fleetly through the zenana apartments in search of Jahanara.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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They had traveled fleetly these past weeks, stopping only briefly for the night, unhindered by the entire contingent of the imperial zenana, and made the journey to Agra in a relatively short time.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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They had traveled fleetly these past weeks, stopping only briefly for the night, unhindered by the entire contingent of the imperial zenana, and made the journey to Agra in a relatively short time.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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They had traveled fleetly these past weeks, stopping only briefly for the night, unhindered by the entire contingent of the imperial zenana, and made the journey to Agra in a relatively short time.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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He slipped out of the room and ran fleetly through the zenana apartments in search of Jahanara.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Much of the actual fighting occurs in the gutters between the panels and the imagination of the readers, as the stories are mostly short and fleetly told, and Dell seems to have taken a great deal of pride in their wholesomeness, at least based on the company pledges that are reprinted within.
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Kicking off her other sandal, she ran fleetly to her car.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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He ran fleetly and was grinning as if he bore rare good news.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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