lightning fast

English

Alternative forms

lightning-fast (adjective)

Adjective

lightning fast (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Extremely fast, fast as lightning.
Synonyms: fulgurant, lightning-quick, quick as a flash, in a flash

Translations

fast as lightning

Danish: lynhurtig
Dutch: bliksemsnel (nl)
Esperanto: fulmrapida
Finnish: salamannopea (fi)
French: éclair (fr), foudroyant (fr), rapide comme l'éclair (fr)
German: blitzschnell (de), blitzgeschwind, blitzartig
Greek: κεραυνοβόλος (el) (keravnovólos), αστραπιαίος (el) (astrapiaíos)
Hungarian: villámgyors (hu)
Interlingua: fulminee
Italian: fulmineo (it), veloce come un fulmine, veloce come un lampo
Northern Sami: dolalaš
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lynrask

Nynorsk: lynrask

Polish: błyskawiczny (pl)
Russian: молниено́сный (ru) (molnijenósnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: муњѐвит

Roman: munjèvit (sh)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: blixtsnabb (sv)
Ukrainian: бли́скавичний (uk) (blýskavyčnyj)
Vietnamese: chớp nhoáng (vi)

Adverb

lightning fast (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Extremely quickly.
Synonyms: quick as a flash, in a flash

Translations

extremely quickly — see quick as a flash

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