What is the Latin word for quickly?

The usual Latin words for “quickly” are celer, citus, festīnanter; also vēlōx, cōnfestim, īlicō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“quickly” in Latin

celerfast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet citusswift, quick, rapid; early festīnanterpromptly, speedily, quickly; hastily, hurriedly vēlōxswift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy cōnfestimimmediately, forthwith īlicōon the spot, at hand; immediately, at once extemplōimmediately, forthwith statimstably, in a constant manner; at once, immediately; then (at that time)continuōto join, connect, unite, make continuous; to follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit; to extend,

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

quickly

Speedily, celeriter; cito; festinanter; velociter.

Soon, confestim; illico; extemplo; statim; continuo.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for quickly?: The usual Latin words for “quickly” are celer, citus, festīnanter; also vēlōx, cōnfestim, īlicō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.