very fast
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Definition
- Adverb:
- At a very high speed or rate; extremely quickly: Describes an action performed with exceptional rapidity, completing in a much shorter duration than usual or expected.
Usage
- The adverb "very fast" modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to intensify the meaning of "fast," indicating an extreme degree of speed or quickness.
- It is typically used to describe the manner in which an action is performed.
Examples
- Modifying a verb:
- The cheetah runs very fast. (The cheetah runs at an extremely high speed.)
- She learned the new software very fast. (She learned it with remarkable quickness.)
- Modifying an adjective:
- This is a very fast car. (This car is capable of extremely high speeds.)
- Modifying another adverb:
- He types very fast indeed. (He types with an exceptionally high rate of speed.)
Advanced Usage
- "very fast" as an adverbial phrase of manner: It often answers the question "How?"
- How did he complete the work? He did it very fast.
- Used for emphasis in comparative or superlative contexts (though "much faster" is more standard for comparison).
- This processor is very fast, but the new one is even faster.
Variants and Related Words
- Rapidly (adv): At great speed; swiftly. (e.g., )
- Quickly (adv): At a fast speed; rapidly. (e.g., )
- Swiftly (adv): At high speed; quickly. (e.g., )
- At breakneck speed (idiomatic phrase): Extremely and often dangerously fast.
- In no time (idiomatic phrase): Very quickly or soon. (e.g., )
Synonyms
- Extremely quickly
- At great speed
- With great rapidity
- In a flash
Related Phrases
- As fast as lightning: An idiom meaning extremely fast.
- The news spread as fast as lightning.
- Before you know it: An idiom implying something happens very quickly.
- Summer will be over before you know it.
Adverb
- in a relatively short time
- she finished the assignment in no time