1.
[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]