adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an expeditious manner; speedily, with expedition.

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1603.  Drayton, Bar. Wars, I. li. 18. He expeditiously prouided That part of land into his power to get.

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1663.  Boyle, Wks. (1772), II. 11. I once made a menstruum to draw it [the tincture of the glass of antimony] more expeditiously.

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1749.  Fielding, Tom Jones, VIII. xiii. The surgeon having very expeditiously … finished his business.

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1863.  P. Barry, Dockyard Econ., 51. [Russia’s] ships will be built cheaper and more expeditiously.

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