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Can "fast" be used as an adverb?

I have been getting conflicting answers from the media. Some websites tell me it is perfectly acceptable to use the word this way, while others say that this is a colloquialism and should be avoided in all formal speech and writing.
 MoonshoesPerry posted over a year ago
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saraandjess2448 said:
Fast is an adjective. The adverb form is "quickly".
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That's what I thought, but our grammar textbook seems to believe otherwise.
MoonshoesPerry posted over a year ago
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saraandjess2448 is correct, it is certainly an adjective... XD
blackpanther666 posted over a year ago
wildcannabis said:
I just wouldn't use it, to be safe, as there are other words such as quickly, rapidly, etc. that for sure can be used in place of fast.
I think it's probably true that its usage as an adverb is a colloquialism... such as, "He ran fast." That seems like an okay sentence, especially in spoken language. But for writing, I would just try to avoid it.
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Or swiftly... Haha.
blackpanther666 posted over a year ago
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