Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay.
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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 There is a moral quick - wittedness which sees the smile behind the threatening mask of Fate.
2 Despite his quick - wittedness in countering Terrace and the press, the LEMSIP director was in trouble.
3 Mr. Murch's private secretary held a position requiring quick - wittedness and suavity in no common degree.
4 By her own quick - wittedness and adroitness she had turned the tables on her would-be destroyer.
5 Others remembered his quick - wittedness in helping his friends.
1 The other test, which presented basic arithmetic problems, measured mental quickness and working memory.
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