Usually means: Very quickly; with great speed.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word lickety-split:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. lickety-split: Merriam-Webster
  2. lickety-split: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lickety-split: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lickety-split, lickety-split: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lickety-split: Wordnik
  6. lickety-split: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. lickety-split: Wiktionary
  8. lickety-split: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lickety-split: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. lickety-split: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. lickety-split: Dictionary.com
  12. lickety-split: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Lickety-split: World Wide Words
  14. lickety-split: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lickety-split: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lickety-split: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lickety-split: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. lickety-split: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.

Similar:
quick, swith, quickley, quickely, fast, in short order, quicksmart, with a quickness, quick as lightning, quick-handed, more...

Opposite:
slowly, leisurely, unhurried, gradually, steadily

Types:
quickly, fast, swiftly, promptly, expeditiously, hurriedly, speedy, more...

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Similar:
quick, swith, quickley, quickely, fast, in short order, quicksmart, with a quickness, quick as lightning, quick-handed, more...

Opposite:
slowly, leisurely, unhurried, gradually, steadily

Types:
quickly, fast, swiftly, promptly, expeditiously, hurriedly, speedy, more...



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