schielijk

Meaning

  1. (dated) swift, quick
  2. (Netherlands,Southern,dated) abrupt, sudden

Concepts

immediately

quickly

swiftly

at once

directly

forthwith

instantaneously

right now

straightaway

straightway

fast

abrupt

apace

expeditiously

promptly

shallowly

rapidly

just

ASAP

sudden

swift

of a sudden

festinate

precipitous

rash

Hyphenated as
schie‧lijk
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsxi.lək/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch schelike, schielike, from scien, schien (“to occur”). Equivalent to modern Dutch geschieden (“to occur”) + -lijk.

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