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quick
(kwĭk)adj. quick·er, quick·est
1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy: an animal that is quick enough to escape most predators.
2. Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright: a quick mind.
3.
a. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen: quick reflexes.
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: The remark cut her to the quick.
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.
[Middle English, alive, lively, quick, from Old English cwicu, alive; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
quick′ly adv.
quick′ness n.
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| 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"skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful touch - deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch" |
| 2. |  quickness - intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delayintelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience | |
| 3. | quickness - a rate that is rapid 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 |
quickness
noun1. Rapidness of movement or activity:
2. The quality or state of being mentally agile:
Translations
سُرْعَه
rychlost
hurtighed
hraîi, snerpa
çabukluksürat
quickness
n
(= speed) → Schnelligkeit f; his quickness to appreciate the problem → die Schnelligkeit, mit der er das Problem erfasst hat
(= intelligence) → schnelle Auffassungsgabe; quickness of mind → Fähigkeit f, → schnell zu denken; quickness of eye → schnelle Auffassungsgabe; quickness of temper → heftiges or aufbrausendes Temperament
quick
(kwik) adjective1. done, said, finished etc in a short time. a quick trip into town.
2. moving, or able to move, with speed. He's a very quick walker; I made a grab at the dog, but it was too quick for me.
3. doing something, able to do something, or done, without delay; prompt; lively. He is always quick to help; a quick answer; He's very quick at arithmetic.
adverb quickly. quick-frozen food.
ˈquickly adverbˈquicken verb
to make or become quicker. He quickened his pace.
ˈquickness nounˈquicklime noun
lime which has not been mixed with water.
ˈquicksands noun plural (an area of) loose, wet sand that sucks in anyone or anything that stands on it.
ˈquicksilver noun mercury.
ˌquick-ˈtempered adjective easily made angry.
ˌquick-ˈwitted adjective thinking very quickly. a quick-witted policeman.
ˌquick-ˈwittedly adverbˌquick-ˈwittedness noun