About The Word Celerity
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Celerity
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What's The Definition Of Celerity?
[n] a rate that is rapid
Synonyms | Synonyms for Celerity: quickness | rapidity Related Terms | Find terms related to Celerity: air speed | alacrity | bat | briskness | dispatch | expedition | expeditiousness | fastness | flight | flit | flurry | gait | ground speed | haste | hurry | hustle | instantaneousness | knots | legerity | lightning speed | miles per hour | pace | precipitation | promptitude | promptness | quickness | rapidity | round pace | rpm | rush | rustle | snappiness | speed | speediness | swift rate | swiftness | velocity See Also | despatch | dispatch | expedition | expeditiousness | fleetness | immediacy | immediateness | instancy | instantaneousness | pace | promptitude | promptness | rate Celerity In Webster's Dictionary \Ce*ler"i*ty\, n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm
speedy: sf. F. c['e]l['e]rit['e].]
Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose
whole employment is to watch its flight. --Johnson.
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