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  • 71celerity — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. speed, quickness, alacrity, haste, dispatch, expedition, swiftness. ANT.: slowness, *snail s pace, leisureliness II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: dispatch, expedition,… …

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  • 72expeditiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness. See FAST …

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  • 73rapidness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness. See FAST …

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  • 74speediness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, swiftness. See FAST …

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  • 75fleet — {{11}}fleet (adj.) swift, 1520s, but probably older than the record; apparently from or cognate with O.N. fliotr swift, and from the root of FLEET (Cf. fleet) (v.)). Related: Fleetness. {{12}}fleet (n.) O.E. fleot ship, raft, floating vessel,… …

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  • 76fleet — fleet1 noun 1》 a group of ships sailing together or under the same ownership.     ↘(the fleet) a country s navy: the US fleet. 2》 a number of vehicles or aircraft operating together. Origin OE flēot ship, shipping , from flēotan (see fleet5).… …

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  • 77celerity — n. Speed, quickness, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness, velocity (when used of inanimate objects) …

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  • 78quickness — n. 1. Celerity, expedition, velocity, speed, speediness, fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, despatch, haste. 2. Activity, briskness, nimbleness, readiness, promptness, promptitude, alertness, agility, smartness, liveliness. 3. Dexterity, adroitness …

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  • 79rapidity — n. 1. Swiftness, quickness, celerity, velocity, rapidness, haste, speed, fleetness, agility. 2. Quickness, rapidness. 3. Haste, quickness …

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  • 80swiftness — n. Quickness, celerity, velocity, rapidity, speed, fleetness …

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