About The Word Quickness
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Quickness
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What's The Definition Of Quickness?
[n] a rate that is rapid
[n] intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay [n] skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Quickness: adeptness | adroitness | celerity | deftness | facility | mental quickness | quick-wittedness | rapidity Related Terms | Find terms related to Quickness: See Also | despatch | dexterity | dispatch | expedition | expeditiousness | fleetness | immediacy | immediateness | instancy | instantaneousness | intelligence | manual dexterity | pace | promptitude | promptness | rate | skillfulness | sleight | touch Quickness In Webster's Dictionary \Quick"ness\, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
[Obs.]
Touch it with thy celestial quickness. --Herbert.
2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion;
speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery
quickness. --Shak.
His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. --
Macaulay.
3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience
to an animal that must lie still ? --Locke
4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. --Mortimer.
Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition;
promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness;
agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity;
shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
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