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quickness
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quickness
(encz) | quickness,rychlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Quickness
(gcide) | Quickness \Quick"ness\, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
[Obs.]
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Touch it with thy celestial quickness. --Herbert.
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2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion;
speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
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This deed . . . must send thee hence
With fiery quickness. --Shak.
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His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. --
Macaulay.
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3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
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Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience
to an animal that must lie still ? --Locke
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4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. --Mortimer.
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Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition;
promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness;
agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity;
shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
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quickness
(wn) | quickness
n 1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his
quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was
famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness,
adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]
2: intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct
responses without delay [syn: mental quickness,
quickness, quick-wittedness]
3: a rate that is rapid [syn: celerity, quickness,
rapidity, rapidness, speediness] |
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mental quickness
(encz) | mental quickness, n: |
Quickness
(gcide) | Quickness \Quick"ness\, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Touch it with thy celestial quickness. --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]
2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion;
speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
[1913 Webster]
This deed . . . must send thee hence
With fiery quickness. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. --
Macaulay.
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3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
[1913 Webster]
Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience
to an animal that must lie still ? --Locke
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4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition;
promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness;
agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity;
shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
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mental quickness
(wn) | mental quickness
n 1: intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct
responses without delay [syn: mental quickness,
quickness, quick-wittedness] |
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