Definitions

PDQ

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fast adj.
hasty adj.
immediately adv.
instantly adv.
now adv.
promptly 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

blue streak breakneck double-time expeditious expeditive hairtrigger hasty hypersonic in a jiffy 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

ADJECTIVE

hasty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt careless expeditious hurried ill-advised impulsive quick rapid reckless sudden swift urgent

WEAK

agile brash breakneck brief brisk cursory eager fast fiery fleet fleeting foolhardy harefooted headlong heedless impatient impetuous incautious inconsiderate madcap on the double passing perfunctory precipitate prompt pronto quickened quickie rash rushed short slambang slapdash snappy superficial thoughtless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careful cautious kind leisurely slow sluggish thoughtful wise

WEAK

delayed lazy lingering loitering

ADVERB

immediately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly forthwith instantly promptly rapidly shortly soon urgently

STRONG

now

WEAK

anon at short notice away double-time hereupon in a New York minute in a flash in a jiffy 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

instantly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly immediately instantaneously right away

STRONG

forthwith now

WEAK

at once away double-time first off in a flash instanter on a dime pronto right spontaneously straight away there and then this minute tout de suite without delay

Antonyms

STRONG

later

WEAK

eventually

ADVERB

now

Synonyms

STRONGEST

today

STRONG

directly forthwith immediately instantly nowadays straightaway

WEAK

any more at once at the moment at this moment at this time away first off here and now in a minute in a moment in nothing flat instanter just now like now momentarily on the double promptly pronto right away right now soon these days this day

Antonyms

STRONG

eventually later

WEAK

future past

ADVERB

promptly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly expeditiously hastily instantly quickly rapidly speedily swiftly

STRONG

pronto

WEAK

at once fast flat-out fleetly in nothing flat lickety-split like a shot now on the dot on the double on time posthaste punctually right away sharp straightaway unhesitatingly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

slowly

WEAK

late negligently

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PDQ

Jan. 12, 2022 - Gutierrez Reed in a lawsuit accuses prop provider Seth Kenney and his company, PDQ Arm and Prop LLC, of delivering live ammunition to the set.

From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2023

But the new owners de-Davided the house PDQ.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

Two key avenues for spreading knowledge are through the National Cancer Institute’s PDQ Web site and guidelines maintained by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of 31 leading U.S. cancer centers.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2022

"It’s not a possibility that they came from PDQ or from myself personally," Kenney previously told ABC News.

From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2022

Please make and deliver same PDQ and oblige Yours truly F.B.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

PDQ

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