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Meanings of quickness in English

Portuguese
rapidez
Catalan
rapidesa
Spanish
rapidez
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A rate that is rapid.

        rapidez
        Spanish
        rapidez mental

        Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay.

              rapidez mental
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              Examples for "mental quickness"
              Examples for "mental quickness"
              1
              The other test, which presented basic arithmetic problems, measured mental quickness and working memory.
              Reuters
              1
              There is a moral quick-wittedness which sees the smile behind the threatening mask of Fate.
              Humanly Speaking
              2
              Despite his quick-wittedness in countering Terrace and the press, the LEMSIP director was in trouble.
              Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
              3
              Mr. Murch's private secretary held a position requiring quick-wittedness and suavity in no common degree.
              White Ashes
              4
              By her own quick-wittedness and adroitness she had turned the tables on her would-be destroyer.
              And Then There Were None
              5
              Others remembered his quick-wittedness in helping his friends.
              McClure's Magazine December, 1895

              Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.

                    Usage of quickness in English
                    1
                    His account-book was a curiosity; and his quickness at figures quite remarkable.
                    Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
                    2
                    Sailors loosened and lowered the boat from the davits with extraordinary quickness.
                    The Great Taboo
                    3
                    Cigarette caught at the inference with the quickness of her lightning-like thought.
                    Under Two Flags
                    4
                    Sometimes this thought-quickness and happy dexterity had to be used in self-defence.
                    Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)
                    5
                    The plan the lad had resolved upon required nerve, resolution and quickness.
                    The Cave in the Mountain / A Sequel to In the Pecos Country
                    6
                    Everything depended on the quickness with which the Mexican youth brought assistance.
                    The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and...
                    7
                    The following facts will convey some notion of her dexterity and quickness.
                    Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature
                    8
                    There the superior numbers and quickness of Lucidian horsemen did little good.
                    Surrender to the will of the night
                    9
                    General Macklin moved with a catlike quickness that was intimidating to watch.
                    The Postman
                    10
                    Charles recognized, with his customary quickness, the remarkable character of the boy.
                    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 05: 1559-60
                    11
                    The first thing that impressed one of him was his extraordinary quickness.
                    History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Sant...
                    12
                    With the quickness of a puma he swung off to one side.
                    Bloom of Cactus
                    13
                    He was surprised at the quickness with which MacDonald performed his work.
                    The Hunted Woman
                    14
                    With the quickness of thought, he spun, bringing the steel-edged axe up.
                    The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
                    15
                    And yet she seems to have a kind of quickness and aptness.
                    A Face Illumined
                    16
                    She has the Irish quickness, and yet she has learned to obey.
                    The Desert and the Sown
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                    Translations for quickness
                    Quickness through the time
                    Quickness across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common