fleetly
Example Sentences
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The staging, arranged around striking tableaux, is at once cinematic and fleetly theatrical.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
He held up a hand, smiling fleetly at Pence.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018
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
Under Jeremy Herrin’s assured direction, the plays barrel fleetly and fluidly through the tumultuous events of the reign of England’s papal adversary and serial husband, King Henry VIII.
From Washington Post
Frankie’s hands move fleetly, but I’ve got a good eye.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
