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swiftness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fastness, speed |
| Type of | pace, rate |
| Has types | hastiness, hurriedness, execution speed, precipitation, hurry, graduality, gradualness, haste |
| Derivation | swift |
Examples of swiftness
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With a swiftness that made her head spin, she was handcuffed and hauled to jail.
From the timesunion.com
Seldom had such a promising campaign floundered with such astonishing swiftness.
From the time.com
Almost as shocking as the allegations of infidelity is the swiftness of his fall.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
There's swiftness, much change, brevity, too much being said, promised, and done.
From the sacbee.com
The case for John Paul's sainthood will be taken up with unprecedented swiftness.
From the washingtonpost.com
Stung by the public outcry, the government moved with uncharacteristic swiftness.
From the time.com
The swiftness of the economic slowdown caught the Federal Reserve by surprise.
From the time.com
Yet there's little chance for escape given the swiftness of airlines'decline.
From the chron.com
Speed was of the essence, and ardor is often judged by the swiftness of the suitor.
From the sfgate.com
- Speed: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
- In kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus a scalar quantity. ...
- The state of being swift
