SWIFTNESS

speed, swiftness, fastness

(noun) a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; “the project advanced with gratifying speed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

swiftness (usually uncountable, plural swiftnesses)

The state of being swift.

Synonyms

• celerity

• haste

• rapidity

Source: Wiktionary


Swift"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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