Definitions
Moving or happening very fast.
Word origin
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
Used in a sentence
“swift action”
“swift response”
“swift recovery”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Very quick”5 letters
02“Fast”5 letters
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