Quicklier

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner that is more rapid or faster than before
2. Done with increased speed or swiftness compared to a previous state
3. Performing or occurring at a speed that surpasses a prior pace

Etymology: "Quicklier" is simply the comparative form of "quickly," the adverb built from "quick" plus the suffix "-ly." Its ending "-er" marks a comparison, so the word means "more quickly," used when one action is carried out at a higher speed than another or than before. The base word "quickly" is the more interesting part. "Quick" once meant "alive," as in the old phrase "the quick and the dead," and only later came to mean fast. The suffix "-ly" attaches to adjectives to form adverbs describing manner, and "-er" attaches to adverbs to make comparisons, following the same pattern as "more quickly" or "faster." Because "quicklier" is a regular comparative built from existing parts, it follows the usual rules for forming comparatives rather than having a separate history of its own. Its meaning is fully predictable from those parts.

Synonyms: faster, more swiftly, more rapidly, more speedily, more hastily

Antonyms: slower, more slowly, languidly, leisurely, unhurriedly