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Adverb
en-adv|pos=lickety-split|-

1. Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.

#: At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety-split.

vi:lickety-split
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• 2007-11-15 18:59 - WikiPedant - added {{en-adv}}; copyedited a bit

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