Definition of quickness Quickness
/kwɪˈknʌs/ - [kwiknus] - quick•ness
We found 9 definitions of quickness from 4 different sources.
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What does quickness mean?
WordNet
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| quickness - a rate that is rapid | ||
| celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | ||
| rate, pace amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" | ||
| fleetness rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot" | ||
| instantaneousness, immediateness, instancy, immediacy lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage" | ||
| expeditiousness, despatch, dispatch, expedition the act of sending off something | ||
| quickness - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" | ||
| adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility | ||
| skillfulness the state of being cognitively skillful | ||
| touch the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" | ||
| quickness - intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay | ||
| mental quickness, quick-wittedness | ||
| intelligence the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quickness (n.)
The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. - quickness (n.)
Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. - quickness (n.)
Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. - quickness (n.)
Sharpness; pungency of taste.
Part of speech
🔤- quickness, noun, singular of quicknesses.
