[syn: quick, speedy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Speedy \Speed"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Speedier; superl.
Speediest.] [AS. sp[=e]dyg.]
Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in
motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
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I will wish her speedy strength. --Shak.
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Darts, which not the good could shun,
The speedy ould outfly. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
speedy
adj 1: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving
with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a
speedy errand boy" [syn: rapid, speedy]
2: accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make
friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped
for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery";
"he has a right to a speedy trial" [syn: quick, speedy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "speedy":
abrupt, agile, alacritous, alert, apt, breakneck, brief, brisk,
cometary, cursory, dashing, decisive, dispatchful, double-quick,
eagle-winged, electrifying, expeditious, express, fast, festinate,
feverish, flashing, fleet, flickering, flying, furious, galloping,
hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hurried, hustling, immediate,
impetuous, impulsive, instant, instantaneous, last-minute,
light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, meteoric,
nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, on the spot, passing,
precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, punctual, quick,
quick as lightning, quick as thought, raking, rapid, ready,
reckless, running, sharp, shocking, short, short and sweet,
short-term, short-termed, slap-bang, slapdash, smart, snap, snappy,
spanking, spry, startling, sudden, summary, superficial,
surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
unlooked-for, unpredicted, urgent, winged