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Meaning of lickety | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1
/ˈlɪkɪti/

Definitions

At full speed, fast.

US, informal

Examples

“lickety-cut”
“lickety-split”
“Away they started, “lickety-click,” and arrived at the winning-post within touching distance of each other.”
“Lickity, lickity, switch, we came to the ford, and Chiquita / Buckled right down to her work”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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