done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate

a quick response.

that is over or completed within a short interval of time

a quick shower.

moving, or able to move, with speed

a quick fox; a quick train.

swift or rapid, as motion

a quick flick of the wrist.

easily provoked or excited; hasty

a quick temper.

keenly responsive; lively; acute

a quick wit.

acting with swiftness or rapidity

a quick worker.

prompt or swift to do something

quick to respond.

prompt to perceive; sensitive

a quick eye.

prompt to understand, learn, etc.; of ready intelligence

a quick student.

(of a bend or curve) sharp

a quick bend in the road.

consisting of living plants

a quick pot of flowers.

brisk, as fire, flames, heat, etc.

Archaic .

endowed with life.

having a high degree of vigor, energy, or activity.

living persons

the quick and the dead.

the tender, sensitive flesh of the living body, esp. that under the nails

nails bitten down to the quick.

the vital or most important part.

Chiefly British .

a line of shrubs or plants, esp. of hawthorn, forming a hedge.

a single shrub or plant in such a hedge.

quickly. ?

cut to the quick

to injure deeply; hurt the feelings of

Their callous treatment cut her to the quick.

adjective

lazy , slow , sluggish , ignorant , stupid , uneducated , dilatory

adjective

abrupt , accelerated , active , agile , alert , a move on , animated , asap , breakneck * , brief , brisk , cursory , curt , double time * , energetic , expeditious , expeditive , express , fleet , flying , going , harefooted , hasty , headlong , hurried , immediate , impatient , impetuous , instantaneous , keen , lively , mercurial , move it , nimble , on the double * , perfunctory , posthaste , prompt , pronto * , rapid , snappy , spirited , sprightly , spry , sudden , swift , the lead out , winged * , able , acute , adept , adroit , all there , apt , astute , bright , canny , capable , clever , competent , deft , dexterous , discerning , effective , effectual , intelligent , knowing , nimble-witted , on the ball * , perceptive , perspicacious , quick on the draw , quick on the trigger , quick on the uptake , quick-witted , ready , receptive , savvy * , sharp , sharp as a tack , shrewd , skillful , slick , smart as a whip , vigorous , whiz * , wired * , wise , breakneck , speedy , facile , sharp-witted , smart , fast , short , alive , animate , celeritous , choleric , eager , excitable , fiery , intense , irascible , live , living , moving , passionate , precipitate , sensitive , summary , telegraphic , tout de suite , volant , volitant

noun

bottom , core , focus , heart , hub , root

adverb

apace , posthaste , quickly