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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens;
- Example: "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
[syn: speed, swiftness, fastness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swiftness \Swift"ness\, n. The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

swiftness n 1: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed, swiftness, fastness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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