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English noun: quickness | |||
| 1. | quickness (cognition) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | ||
| Samples | His quick adeptness was a product of good design. He was famous for his facility as an archer. | ||
| Synonyms | adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | skillfulness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight, touch | ||
| 2. | quickness (cognition) intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay | ||
| Synonyms | mental quickness, quick-wittedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intelligence | ||
| 3. | quickness (attribute) a rate that is rapid | ||
| Synonyms | celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pace, rate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, promptitude, promptness | ||
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