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Webster 1913 Edition
Speedy
Speed′y
(-y̆)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Speedier
; sup
erl.
Speediest
.] [AS.
spēdyg
.] Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance;
as, a
speedy
flight; on speedy
foot.I will wish her
speedy
strength. Shakespeare
Darts, which not the good could shun,
The
The
speedy
ould outfly. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Speedy
SPEE'DY
, a.1.
Quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion; as a speedy flight; on speedy foot.2.
Quick in performance; not dilatory or slow; as a speedy dispatch of business.