quick as thought

English

Adjective

quick as thought (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very quick.

Adverb

quick as thought (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very quickly.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
      Quick as thought, I sprang into the mizzen shrouds, rattled up hand over hand, and did not draw a breath till I was seated on the cross-trees.
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 169:
      “But it is too late! Already footsteps are echoing along the gallery which connects the two wings. What can she do? Quick as thought, she hurries back to the young girl’s room, and starts shaking her awake.”
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