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noun

Quickness n.

The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. (Obs.) "Touch it with thy celestial quickness."

Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. "This deed... must send thee hence With fiery quickness." "His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor."

Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. "Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still?"

Sharpness; pungency of taste.

Synonyms: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.

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Etymology of 'Quickness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quickness" Quotes from Famous Books

... the alphabet and told her the names of several letters and had her try to make them with a lead pencil, which she did with such uncanny seriousness and quickness that the pity of it, that in his own State such intelligence should be going to such broadcast waste for the want of such elemental opportunities, struck him deeply. The general movement to save that waste was only just beginning, and in that movement he meant to play his part. He was glad ...

— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.

... And when he was at the east side the Giant was at the North and when he was at the south the Giant was at the East. Round and round the Castle they went and the Giant with his strength and his quickness was wearing ...

— The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said • Padraic Colum

... this moment, Snarleyyow, who had followed his master on deck, had climbed up the main ladder, and was looking over the gunwale on the side where the boat lay in which Moggy came on board. Perceiving this, with the quickness of thought she ran at the dog and pushed him over the side into the boat, in which he fell with a heavy bound; she then descended the side, ordered the man to shove off, and kept at a short distance from the cutter with ...

— Snarley-yow - or The Dog Fiend • Frederick Marryat

... flushed up, and her neck and arms glowed in sympathy. The quickness of youthful imagination, and the assumptiveness of woman's reason, sent her straight as an arrow this thought: 'He wants to ...

— The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid • Thomas Hardy

... well-equipped, particularly the flagship of the corsair. The success requisite in this affair failed through a lack of system in such an occurrence, as might be expected in fighting with barbarous people. Item, the master-of-camp was lacking in quickness in coming to the rescue upon hearing the firing on shore, so that at least Captain Ribera's force, so small, might not be swept away. Item, sentinels were lacking, as well as detachments of men to serve as reenforcements for the sake of security, and to furnish aid on occasions ...

— The Philippine Islands 1493-1898, Vol. 4 of 55 - 1576-1582 • Edited by E. H. Blair and J. A. Robertson

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