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Literary notes about rapidly (AI summary)

The adverb "rapidly" is versatile in literature, frequently used to convey both swift physical motion and accelerated processes in thought or change. In historical and military narratives, for instance, it captures brisk movements such as the marching of soldiers or the quick mobilization of an army [1, 2, 3, 4]. The term also highlights the speed of natural or physiological phenomena—clouds moving across the sky, blood spurting from a wound, or even a heart beating faster in moments of intense emotion [5, 6, 7, 8]. Moreover, "rapidly" serves to set a brisk narrative pace, emphasizing lively dialogue or the instantaneous spread of ideas, as seen when characters speak or when scientific concepts gain traction [9, 10, 11]. These various usages reflect the word’s ability to effectively impart a sense of immediacy and dynamism across different literary contexts.
  1. The preaching of the faith and the baptism of converts proceeded almost as rapidly as the marching of Salcedo’s soldiers.
    — from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
  2. The troops advanced rapidly and carried the extreme end of the rebel works.
    — from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant
  3. Tromp was rapidly reinforced to ninety-six sail and twelve fire-ships, and ordered to attack.
    — from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan
  4. The horses now advanced rapidly.
    — from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
  5. Low, ragged, dingy clouds moved rapidly across the cold sky.
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. Blood coming from a cut artery is bright red in color and flows rapidly in spurts or jets.
    — from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America
  7. One large, white, plump leg twitched rapidly all the time with a feverish tremor.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  8. The count felt his heart beat more rapidly.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  9. The ideas flow too rapidly to be easily ordered according to the requirements of the story.
    — from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
  10. she asked rapidly.
    — from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
  11. "My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them—by which means my letters sometimes convey no ideas at all to my correspondents."
    — from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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