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speediness|ˈspiːdɪnɪs|
Forms: 6 spedynesse, spedi-, speedines, 6–7 speedinesse, 6– speediness (7 speedy-).
[f. speedy a. Cf. OE. spédiᵹnes opulence.]
The quality of being speedy; quickness, celerity, promptitude.
1530Palsgr. 274/1 Spedynesse, hastifueté. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. ix. 60 Maruelyng at so great spedines of miracles. 1635Swan Spec. M. vi. §2 (1643) 202 [Waters] yield us an easinesse and speedinesse of conduct and traffick. 1663S. Patrick Parab. Pilgr. xix. (1687) 185 The wounds..are made more angry, and you hinder the speediness of the Cure. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1851) I. 279/1 Much lustre did fortune add to the gallantry of their exploits by the speediness of their execution. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 234 For the certainty, ease, and speediness of cure. |