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fast(adverb)BrE / fɑːst / NAmE / fæst / - quickly
- Don't drive so fast!
- How fast were you going?
- I can't go any faster.
- The water was rising fast.
- Her heart beat faster.
- Night was fast approaching.
- a fast-flowing stream
- I quickly realized that I was on the wrong train.
- My heart started to beat more quickly.
- Come on! Quick! They’ll see us!
- My heart started to beat much quicker.
- The quicker I get you away from here, the better.
- How fast can a cheetah run?
- Can’t you drive any faster?
- in a short time; without delay
- Children grow up so fast these days.
- Britain is fast becoming a nation of fatties.
- The police said that they had reacted as fast as they could.
- firmly; completely
- Within a few minutes she was fast asleep (= sleeping deeply).
- The boat was stuck fast (= unable to move) in the mud.
- as quickly as you can
- to continue to believe in an idea, etc. despite difficulties
- to treat somebody/something in a way that shows that you feel no responsibility or respect for them
- to refuse to move back; to refuse to change your opinions
- quickly and in large quantities
- Questions were coming at them thick and fast.
Extra Examples- Don’t drive so fast!
- I can’t go any faster.
- He came round the corner blindingly fast.
Word Origin- adverb Old English fæst ‘firmly fixed, steadfast’ and fæste ‘firmly’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vast and German fest ‘firm, solid’ and fast ‘almost’. In Middle English the adverb developed the senses ‘strongly, vigorously’ (compare with run hard), and ‘close, immediate’ (just surviving in the archaic fast by; compare with hard by), hence ‘closely, immediately’ and ‘quickly’; the idea of rapid movement was then reflected in adjectival use.
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