quicker

1. 1
   adjective

   Comparative of quick.

   The new payment system is quicker than the manual process it replaced.

   Her reflexes are quicker than those of most other players on the team.

   Note

   The usual way to compare the adjective is with -er: quick has one syllable, so it becomes quicker, while more quick sounds stiff and unidiomatic. The comparative carries the adjective's senses of speed (a quicker route), of the mind (a quicker wit, quicker to understand), and of temper (quicker to anger). For the same word used to describe how something is done, see the adverbial quicker.

2. 2
   adverb

   Comparative of quick.

   The repair team responded quicker this time, reaching the site within an hour.

   The new trains get commuters downtown quicker than the old buses did.

   Note

   Here quick works as a flat adverb, an adverb without -ly, and quicker is its comparative: respond quicker, type it in quicker. It sounds natural in speech and everyday writing, but formal prose usually prefers more quickly, the comparative of quickly. Both forms are correct. The choice between them depends on register, not on grammar.

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