1.
[syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Expeditious \Ex`pe*di"tious\, a.
Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency
and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with,
expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an
expeditious march or messenger. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ly, adv.
-- Ex`pe*di"tious*ness, n.
Syn: Prompt; ready; speedy; alert. See Prompt.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
expeditiousness
n 1: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition,
expeditiousness]