The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
QUICKNESS
celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
(noun) a rate that is rapid
adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness
(noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty; “his quick adeptness was a product of good design”; “he was famous for his facility as an archer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)
rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
Source: Wiktionary
Quick"ness, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert.
2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness. Shak. His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay.
3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still Locke
4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer.
Syn.
– Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ECONOMIC
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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