Meaning of QUICKNESS
| Pronunciation: | | kw'iknus
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] a rate that is rapid
- [n] intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
- [n] skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | adeptness, adroitness, celerity, deftness, facility, mental quickness, quick-wittedness, rapidity |
| |
| | See Also: | | despatch, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, intelligence, manual dexterity, pace, promptitude, promptness, rate, skillfulness, sleight, touch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Quick"ness\, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
[Obs.]
Touch it with thy celestial quickness. --Herbert.
2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion;
speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery
quickness. --Shak.
His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. --
Macaulay.
3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience
to an animal that must lie still ? --Locke
4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. --Mortimer.
Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition;
promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness;
agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity;
shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
|
|