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   swift·ness

   /ˈswif(t)nəs/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of moving at high speed: "Kay had the upper hand with her agility and swiftness" Similar speedspeedinessquicknessvelocitycelerityfleetnessfastnessrapidityrapidnesslivelinessinformal:nippinessOpposite slownesssluggishness
   • ▪ lack of delay; promptness: "researchers were impressed with the swiftness of responses" Similar promptnessimmediatenessimmediacyinstantaneousnessrapidityrapidnessdispatchpunctualityalacrityexpeditiousnessreadinesswillingnessOpposite latenesstardiness

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