VERY FAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does very fast mean? 

• VERY FAST (adverb)
  The adverb VERY FAST has 1 sense:

1. in a relatively short time

  Familiarity information: VERY FAST used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERY FAST (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a relatively short time

Synonyms:

in no time; very fast

Context example:

she finished the assignment in no time

 Context examples 

With a loud "Hem!" and a long breath, Jo began to read very fast.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It means that the first black holes, which might have formed from the collapse of the first stars, must have grown very fast.

(ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn, ESO)

He could not walk very fast.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You are best off, I can tell you: but if nobody did more than you, we should not get on very fast.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Very slow or very fast growth can sometimes signal a gland problem or disease.

(Growth Disorders, NIH)

Neutron stars are also called pulsars because their very fast rotation (typically fractions of a second, in this case 11 seconds) causes time-variable emission from light-emitting regions.

(Hubble Uncovers Never-Before-Seen Features Around a Neutron Star, NASA)

It is like in a dream when you have a nightmare and run away very fast for your life and go very slow.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"This pipeline of gas sustains star formation, explaining how galaxies can make stars on very fast timescales."

(Spiraling filaments feed young galaxies, National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical Sciences.)

The infrared radiation trapped in the silicon dioxide creates very fast electrical oscillations, about 50 trillion times a second.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In a little time, I observed the noise and flutter of wings to increase very fast, and my box was tossed up and down, like a sign in a windy day.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)