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in a jiffy

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fast adj.
early adv.
immediately adv.
in a flash adv.
readily adv.

ADJECTIVE

fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agile brisk hot nimble quick rapid swift

STRONG

accelerated active dashing electric flashing fleet fleeting flying hurried racing ready snap split-second winged

WEAK

PDQ blue streak breakneck double-time expeditious expeditive hairtrigger hasty hypersonic in nothing flat lickety split like a bat out of hell like all get out like crazy like mad on the double posthaste presto pronto screamin' snappy speedball supersonic velocious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clumsy slow

STRONG

dull

WEAK

plodding tardy unhurried

ADVERB

early

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly first promptly recently right away soon timely

STRONG

betimes

WEAK

at once freshly in an instant in no time instantaneously instantly newly presto primitively seasonably straightaway summarily thereon thereupon without delay

Antonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

late

ADVERB

immediately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly forthwith instantly promptly rapidly shortly soon urgently

STRONG

now

WEAK

PDQ anon at short notice away double-time hereupon in a New York minute in a flash in nothing flat instantaneously instanter like now now or never on the dot on the double on the spot pronto right now soon afterward straight away straight off summarily thereupon this instant this minute tout de suite unhesitatingly without delay without hesitation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

eventually never

ADVERB

in a flash

Synonyms

WEAK

in a second instantaneously instantly quickly

ADVERB

readily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerfully eagerly easily freely gladly immediately promptly willingly

WEAK

at once at the drop of a hat facilely hands down in no time lightly no sweat nothing to it piece of cake quick as a wink right away slick as whistle smoothly speedily straight away swimmingly unhesitatingly well without delay without demur without difficulty without hesitation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly grudgingly unwillingly

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in a jiffy

The Telegraph's Alastair Sooke compared the exhibition to music, remarking that the paintings would "be bangers, enticing you onto the dancefloor in a jiffy".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024

They cool in a jiffy and are ready to serve almost as fast as you make them.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023

However, a quantum computer would be able to factor the huge number much faster than an ordinary computer, enabling Eve to unscramble the message in a jiffy, too.

From Science Magazine ● May 5, 2022

You can program it to toggle to a different audio source by tapping and holding this button, in case you need to route audio to your headset in a jiffy.

From The Verge ● Apr. 21, 2022

“M-moved him. Professor Sprout’s got the kids back in bed. Professor Flitwick’s lyin’ down, but he says he’ll be all righ’ in a jiffy, an’ Professor Slughorn says the Ministry’s bin informed.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

in a jiffy

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