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quickness

DEFINITIONS OF: quickness

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n a rate that is rapid

Synonyms:
celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
Types:
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fleetness
rapidity of movement
immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness
the quickness of action or occurrence
despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness
the property of being prompt and efficient
promptitude, promptness
the characteristic of doing things without delay
Type of:
pace, rate
the relative speed of progress or change

n intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

Synonyms:
mental quickness, quick-wittedness
Type of:
intelligence
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

n skillful performance or ability without difficulty

Synonyms:
adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility
Types:
touch
deftness in handling matters
dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight
adroitness in using the hands
capstone, copestone, finishing touch
a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
Type of:
skillfulness
the state of being cognitively skillful
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