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单词 quickness
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Definition of quickness in English:

quickness

noun ˈkwɪknəsˈkwɪknəs
mass noun
  • 1The quality of moving fast or doing something in a short time.

    an athlete with outstanding quickness and agility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At such work her fingers moved with a quickness and assurance that fascinated Matt.
    • I was surprised by the quickness of his capitulation.
    • He is a sure tackler with great quickness.
    • Check the steering for quickness of response.
    • She had enough natural strength and quickness to be great.
    • He uses his quickness to beat linemen and get to the passer.
    • He is a dominating athlete with agile feet and good initial quickness.
    • He had a great offseason, improving his strength and quickness.
    • She responded strongly and with breath-taking quickness to this situation.
    • In between fights, you go through training exercises to enhance attributes like power and quickness.
  • 2The quality of being prompt to understand, think, or learn.

    his quickness of mind gained him the respect of all parties
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Murray showed from early on a remarkable quickness to learn, especially languages.
    • He hates Max's ease with clients and quickness of phrase.
    • His quickness of wit was often shown.
    • Your client, I should say, had the quickness of mind to object to it.
    • He used his mental quickness as a weapon to see through the faulty logic of the people who reported to him.
    • His quickness of thought and steadiness of judgement ensured a distinguished term of office.
    • His quickness was in seeing this wasn't the right thing to do.
    • The quickness of her mind astonished me.
    • His wide knowledge and the quickness of his perception made him an excellent conversationalist.
    • His curiosity and quickness of mind ensured that he realised very quickly what I was implying.
    1. 2.1 The quality of a person's temper being easily roused.
      his quickness of temper involved him in many controversies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One thing that has been a constant presence in my life so far is my quickness to anger.
      • Despite the quickness of her temper, Anne was temperamentally opposed to confrontation.
      • The quickness of his temper was counteracted by the generosity and benevolence of his heart.
      • Quickness to anger may be influenced by environmental experiences.
      • Quickness to anger is reduced and thus the incidence of violence.
      • He was a man of extreme quickness of temper.
      • Despite his quickness to irritability, he does have some redeeming qualities.
      • From earliest infancy children differ in irritability and quickness of temper.
      • His quickness to rage ended his marriage.
      • He is infamous throughout the village for his bitter temperament and quickness to anger.
      • Red hair has similarly been stereotypically associated with quickness of temper.
 
 

Definition of quickness in US English:

quickness

nounˈkwiknəsˈkwɪknəs
  • 1The quality of moving fast or doing something in a short time.

    an athlete with outstanding quickness and agility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had a great offseason, improving his strength and quickness.
    • He uses his quickness to beat linemen and get to the passer.
    • He is a sure tackler with great quickness.
    • In between fights, you go through training exercises to enhance attributes like power and quickness.
    • I was surprised by the quickness of his capitulation.
    • Check the steering for quickness of response.
    • She responded strongly and with breath-taking quickness to this situation.
    • He is a dominating athlete with agile feet and good initial quickness.
    • At such work her fingers moved with a quickness and assurance that fascinated Matt.
    • She had enough natural strength and quickness to be great.
  • 2The quality of being prompt to understand, think, or learn.

    his quickness of mind gained him the respect of all parties
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His curiosity and quickness of mind ensured that he realised very quickly what I was implying.
    • He hates Max's ease with clients and quickness of phrase.
    • Murray showed from early on a remarkable quickness to learn, especially languages.
    • His wide knowledge and the quickness of his perception made him an excellent conversationalist.
    • He used his mental quickness as a weapon to see through the faulty logic of the people who reported to him.
    • His quickness of thought and steadiness of judgement ensured a distinguished term of office.
    • Your client, I should say, had the quickness of mind to object to it.
    • His quickness was in seeing this wasn't the right thing to do.
    • The quickness of her mind astonished me.
    • His quickness of wit was often shown.
    1. 2.1 The quality of a person's temper being easily roused.
      his quickness of temper involved him in many controversies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The quickness of his temper was counteracted by the generosity and benevolence of his heart.
      • One thing that has been a constant presence in my life so far is my quickness to anger.
      • He was a man of extreme quickness of temper.
      • His quickness to rage ended his marriage.
      • He is infamous throughout the village for his bitter temperament and quickness to anger.
      • Quickness to anger is reduced and thus the incidence of violence.
      • From earliest infancy children differ in irritability and quickness of temper.
      • Red hair has similarly been stereotypically associated with quickness of temper.
      • Quickness to anger may be influenced by environmental experiences.
      • Despite his quickness to irritability, he does have some redeeming qualities.
      • Despite the quickness of her temper, Anne was temperamentally opposed to confrontation.
 
 
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