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Definition of Quickness
1. Noun. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty. "He was famous for his facility as an archer"
Generic synonyms: Skillfulness
Specialized synonyms: Touch, Dexterity, Manual Dexterity, Sleight
Derivative terms: Adept, Adroit, Deft, Facile, Quick
2. Noun. Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay.
Generic synonyms: Intelligence
Derivative terms: Quick-witted, Quick
3. Noun. A rate that is rapid.
Generic synonyms: Pace, Rate
Specialized synonyms: Fleetness, Immediacy, Immediateness, Instancy, Instantaneousness, Despatch, Dispatch, Expedition, Expeditiousness, Promptitude, Promptness
Derivative terms: Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Rapid, Rapid, Rapid, Rapid, Speedy, Speedy
Definition of Quickness
1. n. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
Definition of Quickness
1. Noun. rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quickness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quickness
Literary usage of Quickness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE quickness OF ACTION OF A SHAFT GOVERNOR. ...
1 shows the effect of a dast pot in retarding the quickness of action. Fig. ..."
2. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"quickness OF MOVEMENT white table with its head flat on the table. Then draw a
black stroke along the table from the point of its bill in the line of its ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... of physical health; but the distribution of original mental endowment, quickness
and clearness of grasp, appears independently of its variations. ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"quickness of eye and faithfulness of hand are his two great qualities, as shown
in these early books; and it is, I think, in the impression of absolute ..."
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