celerity

ce·ler·i·ty  (s-lr-t)

n.

Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See Synonyms at haste.

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[French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celerits, from celer, swift.]

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celerity [sill-ler-rit-tee]

Noun

Formal swiftness [Latin celeritas]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

celerity - a rate that is rapid rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness pace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" fleetness - rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot" immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, immediacy - the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication" expeditiousness, despatch, dispatch, expedition - the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" promptitude, promptness - the characteristic of doing things without delay