quickness

1. n. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. Source: opted

2. n. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. Source: opted

3. n. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. Source: opted

4. n. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Source: opted

5. n. skillful performance or ability without difficulty Source: wordnet

6. n. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay Source: wordnet

7. n. a rate that is rapid Source: wordnet

8. 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert. 2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness. Shak. His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay. 3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still Locke 4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer. Syn. -- Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness. Source: webster

9. n:100 n skillful performance or ability without difficulty n intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay n a rate that is rapid Source: ecdict

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