'Quickness' definitions:
Definition of 'quickness'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]
noun
Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay [syn: mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness]
noun
Definition of 'Quickness'
From: GCIDE
- Quickness \Quick"ness\, n.
- 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Touch it with thy celestial quickness. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. [1913 Webster]
- This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. -- Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. [1913 Webster]
- Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ? --Locke [1913 Webster]
- 4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quickness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- abruptness,
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- agility,
- air speed,
- airmanship,
- alacrity,
- alertness,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- bat,
- braininess,
- bravura,
- breathless impatience,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- briskness,
- capability,
- capacity,
- celerity,
- cheerful readiness,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- command,
- competence,
- control,
- coordination,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- cunning,
- decisiveness,
- deftness,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- dispatch,
- docility,
- eagerness,
- educability,
- efficiency,
- elan,
- esprit,
- expedition,
- expeditiousness,
- expertise,
- facility,
- fastness,
- feverishness,
- finesse,
- flair,
- flight,
- flit,
- flurry,
- forwardness,
- furiousness,
- gait,
- genius,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- grace,
- grip,
- ground speed,
- gust,
- gusto,
- handiness,
- haste,
- hastiness,
- horsemanship,
- hurriedness,
- hurry,
- immediacy,
- immediateness,
- impatience,
- impetuosity,
- impetuousness,
- impressionability,
- impulsiveness,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- instantaneousness,
- intelligence,
- keen desire,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- knots,
- know-how,
- life,
- lightning speed,
- liveliness,
- malleability,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- miles per hour,
- moldability,
- motivation,
- native cleverness,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nous,
- overhastiness,
- pace,
- plasticity,
- pliability,
- practical ability,
- precipitance,
- precipitancy,
- precipitateness,
- precipitation,
- precipitousness,
- proficiency,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- prowess,
- punctuality,
- punctualness,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- rapidity,
- rashness,
- readiness,
- ready wit,
- receptivity,
- recklessness,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- round pace,
- rpm,
- rush,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- sleeplessness,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- snappiness,
- speed,
- speediness,
- spirit,
- sprightly wit,
- spryness,
- style,
- suddenness,
- summariness,
- susceptibility,
- swift rate,
- swiftness,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talent,
- teachability,
- teachableness,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- timing,
- trainableness,
- velocity,
- verve,
- virtuosity,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- wakefulness,
- willingness,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- workmanship,
- zest,
- zestfulness
Words containing 'Quickness'
- Quick,
- Quickly,
- Quick grass,
- Quick match,
- Quick time,
- Quick vein,
- Quick vinegar,
- Quick water,
- Quick with child,
- double quick,
- mental quickness,
- quick assets,
- quick bread,
- quick buck,
- quick fix,
- quick march,
- quick study,
- quick temper,
- quick witted,
- Double-quick,
- Quick-scented,
- Quick-sighted,
- Quick-sightedness,
- Quick-witted,
- Quick-wittedness,
- quick-change,
- quick-drying,
- quick-eared,
- quick-fire,
- quick-freeze,
- quick-frozen,
- quick-tempered,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered