Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being quick or alive; vital power or principle.
- n. Speed; velocity; celerity; rapidity: as, the quickness of motion.
- n. Activity; briskness; promptness; readiness: as, the quickness of the imagination or wit.
- n. Acuteness; keenness; alertness.
- n. Sharpness; pungency; keenness.
- n. Synonyms Quickness, Fastness, Speed, Celerity, Swiftness, Fleetness, Rapidity, Velocity, haste, expedition, despatch, alertness, liveliness. Quickness is the generic term. Quickness, fastness, speed, and rapidity may have relation to time only, or to space passed through or over; the others apply only to space. “Swift to hear,” in Jas. i. 19, is a bold figure. Celerity is swift voluntary movement; but we do not ordinarily speak of the movements of an animal as having celerity. Fleetness also is voluntary, and is applied to animals; we may speak by figure of the fleetness of a yacht. The word suggests quickness in getting over the ground by the use of the feet: we speak of the swiftness or rapidity of the swallow's or the pigeon's flight; the fleetness of Atalanta, a hound, a deer. Swiftness is presumably not too great for carefulness or thoroughness; rapidity may be too great for either. Velocity is the attribute of matter in motion; the word is especially a technical term for the rate of movement of matter, whether fast or slow. We speak also of the velocity of sound or light. Rapidity has less suggestion of personality than any of the others, except velocity. See nimble.
- n. Dexterity, adroitness, expertness, facility, knack.
- n. Penetration.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
- n. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity.
- n. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
- n. Sharpness; pungency of taste.
WordNet 3.0
- n. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
- n. skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- n. a rate that is rapid
Etymologies
- quick + -ness (Wiktionary)
Examples
“His quickness is very much good enough to do what we want to do defensively," Brown said.”
The Washington Post: Darnell Carter 'becoming a big part' of Virginia defense
“[John Wall's] quickness is the kind that embarrasses defenders and that allows him to cover ground like few players in the league.”
“There's no debate McCoy, compared to Warren Sapp because of his quickness, is a great fit for the rebuilding Bucs defense.”
“The moment that followed was like the scream heard round the stables: piercing in quickness and surreal in scope.”
“Asked about Bosh before the game, Bucks coach Larry Krystowiak said the Toronto forward's combination of size and quickness is ` ` not ordinary. '”
“Milicic has solid quickness, is tough and is fundamentally sound.”
“Has good leg strength and adequate quickness from the snap to the kick ...”
“Lunge-and-grab tackler who despite his quickness, is better covering in the short area than on deep routes ...”
“Dynamic pass rusher with long arms, tight waist and the frame with the ability to add more bulk (270-pound capacity) with no drop-off in quickness ...”
“His quickness is deceptive not because he is white, but because he is a large player.”
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Poetrie: "For I Will Consider My Cat ...
An excerpt from Jubilate Agno, written by Christopher Smart between 1759 and 1763 during his confinement for "lunacy" at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethnal Green, London.
For I will...consider, cat, jeoffry, servant, living god, duly, worship, wreathing, elegant quickness, leaps up, musk, blessing and 145 more...
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Calvino
Words found in "Six Memos for the Next Millennium"
courser, turn of phrase, encomium, apologia, digression, felicity, mot juste, syntony, focalization, laconic, metrical, impalpable and 17 more...
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