单词 | expeditiousness |
释义 | expeditiousnessn. The quality of being expeditious; celerity; handiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] celerity1483 speediness1530 navity1623 velocitya1674 expeditiousness1708 hot foot1869 1708 London Gaz. No. 4426/12 Whose audacious Attempts..are..by the Expeditiousness of your Fleet, totally..defeated. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 86 He was thought to have surpass'd..Ovid for Expeditiousness in Versifying. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 222 The simplicity, economy, and expeditiousness of the plan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1708 |
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