Meanings of astonishing celerity in English

With astonishing celerity, Katie swept across the room; to the other wastebasket.

True, shelters, depots, bridges, homes and labour homes were opened with astonishing celerity.

On the other hand she could, when she chose, work with astonishing celerity and even thoroughness.

When the crisis was over, the country resumed with astonishing celerity the interrupted process of economic expansion.

They caused it to vanish with astonishing celerity, and resembled wolves rather than human beings in their greediness.

The clerk moves with astonishing celerity.

Priam sprang forward with astonishing celerity.

The dog vanished with astonishing celerity, and each guest turned his dish bottom upward to show that all was gone.

And the food of man, or staff of life, leaps into maturity from the bowels of Mother Earth with astonishing celerity.

The saint made Astolpho seat himself beside him, took the reins, and giving the word to the coursers, they bore them upward with astonishing celerity.

Acting on this idea, he went into a celebrated jeweler's shop, and with astonishing celerity chose, paid for and pocketed a string of brilliant pearls.