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[ ruh-pid-i-tee ] / rəˈpɪd ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rapidity ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity. Also rap·id·ness [rap-id-nis]. /ˈræp ɪd nɪs/. Origin of rapidityFrom the Latin word rapiditās, dating back to 1610–20. See rapid, -ity SYNONYMS FOR rapidityswiftness, fleetness. SEE SYNONYMS FOR rapidity ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for rapiditySee speed. Words nearby rapidityRapid City, Rapid Deployment Force, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, rapid fire, rapidity, rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis, rapido, rapid plasma reagin test, rapids, rapid transit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rapidityI just kind of knew it based on the rapidity of the infections. Etta James, Who Blazed Trail for Women in R&B, Dead at 73|Christine Pelisek|January 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST In my eyes, one of the greatest miracles it has ever worked is the rapidity of its propagation and the confidence it inspires. The Miraculous Medal|Jean Marie Aladel The rapidity of their advance was so great that the other regiments of the central column were left far behind. British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours|Reginald Hodder The fullness of George Eliot's mind at this time may be gathered from the rapidity with which one work followed another. The English Novel|Sidney Lanier
Taken as he was by surprise, Edward showed at once the vigour and rapidity of his temper. History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)|John Richard Green The most marked improvement was the rapidity which the daily funerals in the three burying grounds decreased. The Red Cross in Peace and War|Clara Barton
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