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Meanings of rapidity in English
Synonyms
Examples for "quickness"
Examples for "quickness"
1
His account-book was a curiosity; and his quickness at figures quite remarkable.
2
Sailors loosened and lowered the boat from the davits with extraordinary quickness.
3
Cigarette caught at the inference with the quickness of her lightning-like thought.
4
Sometimes this thought-quickness and happy dexterity had to be used in self-defence.
5
The plan the lad had resolved upon required nerve, resolution and quickness.
1
With a bewildering suddenness and celerity the plan of the campaign developed.
2
With astonishing celerity, Katie swept across the room; to the other wastebasket.
3
Owing to the celerity of the automobile we had half-an-hour to wait.
4
They marveled at the celerity with which the fort was put up.
5
The celerity with which they pressed on their way, astonished the Europeans.
1
He also praised the speediness of the Hawks in tackling this investigation.
2
Chrome's speediness is ideal for older hardware with slower components.
3
But the way Orcel's appointment was handled shows Santander's speediness does not always pay off.
4
That depends on the speediness of the courts.
5
But we knew what we wanted and weren't willing to sacrifice it for speediness, so that definitely made the time drag.
1
It's like the movement of a bird, that hand, the rapidness with which he shakes it.
Usage of rapidity in English
1
My soul was in tumults; I traversed the streets with eager rapidity.
2
But the rapidity of Alexander again crushed the insurrection in the bud.
3
The rapidity of the action diminished with the attenuation of the vapour.
4
Volatile hegemonies have come and gone in the region with bewildering rapidity.
5
What happened to Hortensius Novus seems to have struck with great rapidity.
6
This illustrates the difference in rapidity with which the explosions take place.
7
In the case of felled trees, the work proceeds with great rapidity.
8
The fortifications of the principal cities were pushed on with great rapidity.
9
Four characteristics are vital: knowledge, rapidity, brilliance, and control of the environment.
10
The wings on the head suggest the rapidity of thought or action.
11
The rest took place with the trite rapidity of the equatorial latitudes.
12
In fact, the line was unrolling all the time with equal rapidity.
13
History had never before witnessed a transformation of such extent and rapidity.
14
The troubles of the state now seemed to accumulate with terrible rapidity.
15
These differences are entirely due to differences in the rapidity of combustion.
16
The screw-cutting and polishing are very simple, and executed with great rapidity.
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Rapidity through the time
Rapidity across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common