| quickly |
| 1. adv. Rapidly; with speed; fast. | |
| 2. adv. Very soon. | |
| If we go this way, we'll get there quickly. | |
| and |
| 1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
| 2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
| 3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
| 4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
| 5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
| 6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
| 7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
| 8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
| 9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
| 10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
| 12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
| 13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
| 14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
| 15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
| 16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
| 17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
| 18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
| 19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
| 20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
| critically |
| 1. adv. In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism. | |
| a critically applauded film | |
| I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room. | |
| 2. adv. With close discernment; accurately; exactly. | |
| 3. adv. At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence. | |
| a fortification critically situated | |
| discerning |
| 1. v. present participle of discern | |
| 2. adj. Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive. | |
| The discerning customer will appreciate our new range of quality clothing. | |
| 3. n. discernment | |
| discern |
| 1. v. To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes. | |
| 2. v. To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry. | |
| 3. v. To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate. | |
| He was too young to discern right from wrong. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To perceive differences. | |
