fleetly
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In the bathtub, Bella hummed to herself: “I’m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie. I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly.”
From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017
On Misha Kachman’s nightclub set, with metallic curtains and a long runway bisecting the theater, Gardiner maneuvers his actors and dancers fleetly, on the show’s grand and tragic march from the two-step to the goose-step.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2015
Tillinger's production moves confidently but not always fleetly.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2014
Although “Super 8” moves fleetly and clocks in at well under two hours, it doesn’t hurry explanations, and the buildup to the movie, like that to “Cloverfield,” has been assiduously vague.
From New York Times • May 29, 2011
Frankie’s hands move fleetly, but I’ve got a good eye.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
