lightning-quick

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Adjective

lightning-quick (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Incredibly fast.

   Synonyms: fulgurant, fast as lightning, lightning fast, quick as a flash, in a flash

   • 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     City responded immediately with a lightning-quick counter-attack as the template for the game was set...

Translations

incredibly fast — see lightning fast