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Definition of quickness in English: quicknessnoun ˈkwɪknəsˈkwɪknəs mass noun1The 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.
- 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: quicknessnounˈkwiknəsˈkwɪknəs 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.
- 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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