1. (a.) Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.

2. (a.) Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.

accelerando adagietto adagio affrettando allegretto allegro andante andante tempo andantino beat compound time con anima con brio crescendo decrescendo desto diminuendo duple time expeditiously flat-out forte fortissimo full tilt hastily immediate instant instantaneous larghetto larghissimo largo legato lickety-split lightning-like marcando march tempo mixed times moderato momentaneous momentary pianissimo piano pizzicato posthaste prestissimo quick as lightning quick as thought quickly rag ragtime rallentando rapidly ritardando ritenuto rubato scherzando scherzo sextuple time simple time spiccato staccato stretto syncopation syncope tempo tempo rubato three-quarter time time time pattern timing triple time triplet two-four time veloce vivace vivacissimo waltz time