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Webster 1913 Edition
Quickness
Quick′ness
,Noun.
1.
The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
[Obs.]
Touch it with thy celestial
quickness
. Herbert.
2.
Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity;
as,
. quickness
of witThis deed . . . must send thee hence
With fiery
With fiery
quickness
. Shakespeare
His mind had, indeed, great
quickness
and vigor. Macaulay.
3.
Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Would not
quickness
of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ? Locke
4.
Sharpness; pungency of taste.
Mortimer.
Syn. – Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quickness
QUICK'NESS
, n.1.
Speed; velocity; celerity; rapidity; as the quickness of motion.2.
Activity; briskness; promptness, as the quickness of the imagination or wit.3.
Acuteness of perception; keep sensibility; as quickness of sensation.4.
Sharpness; pungency.Definition 2024
quickness
quickness
English
Noun
quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)
Derived terms
Translations
rapidity of movement or activity
dexterity — see dexterity