Emily Dickinson Lexicon

quick (-er, -est), adj. [OE.] (webplay: dead, eye, grace, hasty, heart, lightning, living, new, run, soon, souls, spirit).

1. Fast; swift; rapid; speedy; hasty; brisk.
2. Sudden; unexpected.
3. Alive; living; vigorous; active; animated; vivid; fresh; intoxicated; invigorated.
4. Invigorating; intoxicating; life-giving; effervescent.
5. Perceptive; alert; acute; discerning; keen; sharp.
6. [Adj.] living; when alive (“this sweet mouth when it was alive addressed its last words”; [Pred. Adj.] prompt (“we were prompt to miss you”); [Adv.] immediately (“we instantly missed you”; or “this mouth quickly spoke its departing accents”).