Meanings of great celerity in anglès

The whole operation was performed without unnecessary rudeness, and with great celerity.

Mr. Drakelow bowed submissive, and made his exit with great celerity.

The work was done with military precision and great celerity.

Being well-nigh ravenous, I dispatched it with great celerity, washing it down with a little mild ale.

For a time she managed her retreat with great celerity, leaving the two men far in the rear.

Tarleton, however, with his light troops, proceeded with great celerity and overtook Morgan probably sooner than was expected.

The problem of average haul, so often presented to the engineer, can be solved with ease and great celerity.

Brandy and cakes disappeared with great celerity before appetites whetted by an hour's exercise in the clear spring air.

Moving with great celerity, he attacked Milroy at McDowell on the 8th, the latter calling upon Frémont for help.

Three or four raised their dead on their shoulders with great celerity, and went inland, leaving the neighbouring villages deserted.

The effect to be produced by this mode of operation is to oblige him to move constantly, and with great celerity.

Having occupied Louvain, the Kaiser's troops pushed forward with great celerity, the cavalry opening out in fan-shaped formation, spreading across country.

The horses were already feeding, and, despatching his own breakfast with great celerity, Humphrey soon had them ready for the day's journey.

The new Governor-general had traversed Spain and France in disguise with great celerity, and in the romantic manner which belonged to his character.

The day after the fall of fort Granby, that active officer proceeded with great celerity to join General Pickens, and lay siege to Augusta.

Flushed with their successes over the Allies at Mons and Charleroi, the Germans pushed their advance toward the French capital with great celerity and vigor.