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rapidement

quickly

adverb rah-peed-MAHN Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Manner

Usage Note

Rapidement is the adverb formed from rapide (fast). A common colloquial swap is vite, which is shorter and more idiomatic in speech; rapidement sounds slightly more formal or written. The phrase aussi rapidement que possible means 'as quickly as possible'.

Examples

"Elle a rapidement compris la situation."

Natural Translation

She quickly understood the situation.

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