Adverb : to travel lickety-split. From Dictionary.com.
WHITFIELD: That was quick, lickety-split, like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007] Reference
Cadets flowed past us lickety-split on the sidewalk. From Wordnik.com. [Four Blind Mice]
Now all the killers will be after you, lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Days] Reference
The boy turned and ran lickety-split for the sod house. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Two revolutionaries, er red shirts, down lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Amber is proving herself as a lickety-split recapper. From Wordnik.com. [Early Recaps] Reference
The sauce is made lickety-split in your food processor. From Wordnik.com. [THROW ME A BONE] Reference
Hopefully the police will share that with us lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2009] Reference
Call Joe Biden and tell him to get down here lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP] Reference
The track to indie rock stardom these days is lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [Sleigh Bells' Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss hit heights of indie rock success] Reference
People write to you and want you to write the next book lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Sandra Scoppettone] Reference
If they are effective, they get promoted out of publicity lickety-split!. From Wordnik.com. [Meet The Publishers « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Quick as you can say lickety-split, it is not a guy named Bode who got it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference
We've got video coming in I want to share with you, right, lickety-split here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2008] Reference
We just figure out how to travel those 20 light years to Gliese 581G lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [2030: The date we need to double our Earth] Reference
How long will the achy-breaky energy last before lickety-split Libras look elsewhere?. From Wordnik.com. [HerScopes] Reference
Plenty of skills, drills, relays, games and prizes make the morning pass lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
"All right, I'll skedaddle right back there, lickety-split, and let 'em know," said Field. From Wordnik.com. [Bruvver Jim's Baby] Reference
One second later the black kid ran past the end of the street, lickety-split, just like Lucy said. From Wordnik.com. [The Empress File]
Come morning, I'll give you the directions you're wanting and you can be on your way lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [Come The Spring]
And Beagle heard a noise he thought was a fox barking and he started for the tamarack swamp, lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
And the president would probably be forced to resign lickety-split and head off to the ranch there in Texas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2005] Reference
This is the same FBI that found the people that bombed the World Trade Center in lickety-split, record time. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President On Waco W Q A] Reference
In the lickety-split fashion of our times, there's already a TV drama about the Iraq war called "Over There.". From Wordnik.com. [SCRAP METAL, NOT SOLDIERS] Reference
And then, lickety-split, Quinn was on his feet and his arms were around me as tightly as ropes tying us together. From Wordnik.com. [All Together Dead]
If they'll go with it, we will do it lickety-split, and then we'll be able to talk about some other things down the road. From Wordnik.com. [Press Conference Of The President] Reference
From tinted windows, I see you pass, deep breath, pulling stray strands of hair from your mouth, lickety-split, lip-smack. From Wordnik.com. [personal appearance] Reference
The motorist sped off at a high rate of speed, sometimes exceeding 100 miles an hour, crossing the Bay Bridge lickety-split. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2002] Reference
"And then we climbed over the gate -- 'Lias had locked it -- and run home lickety-split and most run into Luigi at the bridge --". From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
"Our night visitor didn't wait to find out what had blinded him on the trail, but must have turned and made lickety-split for home.". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery] Reference
If you had agreement on those central elements, it would be a lot easier to write a budget that would move lickety-split through Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
Web surfing is lickety-split, especially on a fast Wi-Fi connection. From Wordnik.com. [Cult of Mac] Reference
The lickety-split tempo of this performance seems to me all to the good. From Wordnik.com. [DownWithTyranny!] Reference
Glee's producers did some lickety-split schedule rejiggering in order to honor the request. From Wordnik.com. [EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines] Reference
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