🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

assez rapide

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-seh rah-pead

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pretty Quick/ˈprɪti kwɪk/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le projet a été terminé assez rapide."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Fairly fast or done in a short amount of time.

    "The project was completed pretty quick, surprising everyone."
  2. 2

    Used to indicate a level of speed that is faster than average but not extremely fast.

    "He made a pretty quick recovery after the surgery."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'pretty' originates from Middle English 'prity', meaning 'clever' or 'skillful', derived from Old French 'prét', which means 'ready'. 'Quick' comes from Old English 'cwic', meaning 'alive' or 'lively', evolving to imply speed. Together, 'pretty quick' suggests a moderate degree of speed or efficiency.

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