quickness

quick  (kwk)

adj. quick·er, quick·est

1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy.

2. Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright: a quick mind.

3.

a. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen.

b. Reacting immediately and sharply: a quick temper.

4.

a. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time: a quick rise through the ranks; a quick profit.

b. Done or occurring immediately: a quick inspection. See Synonyms at fast¹.

5. Tending to react hastily: quick to find fault.

6. Archaic

a. Alive.

b. Pregnant.

n.

1. Sensitive or raw exposed flesh, as under the fingernails.

2. The most personal and sensitive aspect of the emotions.

3. The living: the quick and the dead.

4. The vital core; the essence: got to the quick of the matter.

adv. quicker, quickest

Quickly; promptly.

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[Middle English, alive, lively, quick, from Old English cwicu, alive; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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quickly adv.

quickness n.

Usage Note: In speech quick is commonly used as an adverb in phrases such as Come quick. In formal writing, however, quickly is required.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 - deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch" dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight - adroitness in using the hands
	2.	quickness - intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay mental quickness, quick-wittedness intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
	3.	quickness - a rate that is rapid celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness 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

Translations

quickness [ˈkwɪknɪs] n → rapidez f [of temper] → viveza (= agility); agilidad f [of mind, eye etc] → agudeza

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quickness [ˈkwɪknɪs] n → rapidité f, promptitude f [of mind]; vivacité f

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quickness [ˈkwɪknɪs] quick n → Schnelligkeit f;

quickness of mind quick → Scharfsinn m

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quickness [ˈkwɪknɪs] n → rapidità; prontezza; acutezza