Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an expeditious manner; speedily; with celerity or despatch.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an expeditious manner
WordNet 3.0
- adv. with efficiency; in an efficient manner
Etymologies
- expeditious + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And third, despite the common belief that scientific objectivity and science-based decisions will prevail over the rough-and-tumble world of confrontational politics and competing self-interests, the capacity of scientists to solve environmental issues fairly and expeditiously is usually overestimated.”
Wednesday showdown brewing over Portland water (Jack Bog's Blog)
“It is imperative that you respond to their call expeditiously and favorably," the letter reads.”
“Not unlike Pharaoh, the goal was to deal with them wisely and expeditiously, that is before anyone had a chance to really understand what was going on," the paper wrote.”
“The law called on the secretary of state to "expeditiously" renegotiate existing agreements to include such provisions.”
The Washington Post: Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
“I don't think anybody in Congress doubts" the funds will be appropriated "expeditiously," he said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Black Farmers, USDA Agree to $1.25 Billion Settlement
“The companies vowed Sunday to "expeditiously" negotiate a new gas supply arrangement and said they "hope to conclude these negotiations very soon.”
“The order does not define "expeditiously" and the definitional section of the order says that the terms 'detention facilities' and 'detention facility'"do not refer to facilities used only to hold people on a short-term, transitory basis.”
“Now that the court has responded about "political purgatory" and has announced its willingness to act "expeditiously", maybe you and Melissa should have a little chat.”
Dear President Obama, 3 federal judges say you must act to end 'political purgatory' for 23 million
“And even though Mugabe snubbed an emergency meeting of SADC leaders in Lusaka last weekend, the summit concluded with a timid call for results of last month's elections to be be released "expeditiously".”
“Mthiyane said the court was ready and waiting, but confident that matters would be dealt with "expeditiously".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘expeditiously’.
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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MyVocab
A list of words to remember to incorporate into my vocabulary.
An extensive vocabulary aids expressions and communication.
Vocabulary size has been directly linked to reading com...acquiesce, self-disparaging, receded, abrogate, robust, putative, capricious, imperious, lexicon, syntax, semantics, pith and 139 more...
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fun to say2
marmoreal, monomania, parenthetically, vestigial, heathenish, harlequinade, hallucinatory, somnipathy, alphanumeric, algidity, agrarian, acclivitous and 61 more...
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Mom-Speak
Inspired by chained_bear's Dad-Speak list and comment at crudite.
peculiar, down below, strega, maleducato, scustumato, horses' ovaries, ti senti carciofo, hightail it home, physic, rambunctious, fussbudget, snazzy and 20 more...
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The Lexicon
nimble, agile, pussyfooting, amalgamation, bugaboo, doodad, Charles Barkleyed, parallax, posthaste, detrius, kerfluffle, expeditiously
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TOEFL
Words for TOEFL to remember.
corrode, expeditiously, convey, permeate, recede, animism, deify, ecclesiastical, exalt, pious, aggravate, decrepit and 32 more...
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