quickness

Noun
Synonyms: adeptnessadroitnessdeftnessfacilitymental quicknessquick-wittednesscelerityrapidityrapidnessspeediness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. 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: adeptnessadroitnessdeftnessfacility
  2. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delaySynonyms: mental quicknessquick-wittedness
  3. a rate that is rapidSynonyms: celerityrapidityrapidnessspeediness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Quickness \Quick"ness\, n.

1.The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Touch it with thy celestial quickness.— Herbert.[1913 Webster]

2.Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. [1913 Webster]

This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. [1913 Webster]

Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ?— Locke[1913 Webster]

4.Sharpness; pungency of taste. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness. [1913 Webster]

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