Definition

1. 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

1. in a relatively short time
   • she finished the assignment in no time