Dictionary entry

σπουδαίως

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** σπουδαίως

adv.

(< σπουδαῖος), [in LXX: Wi 2:6 *;]

1. with haste or zeal, i.e. earnestly, zealously, diligently: Lk 7:4, II Ti 1:17, Tit 3:13; compar., -οτέρως, Phl 2:28 (RV, Lft., Weymouth, al., but v. infr.)

2. hastily, speedily: compar., -οτέρως, Phl 2:28 (Thayer, Zorell, s.v.; ICC, in l., al., but v. supr.).†