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Examples of swiftness in a Sentence
with amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave
Recent Examples of swiftness from the Web
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The result of all these macro- and micro-tunings is a production that feels even more thrillerlike in its swiftness.
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Nine got preliminary approval in June after earlier being either wholly or partly rejected, with the swiftness of the appeals process surprising intellectual property experts.
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With such rarity of accountability for the violence against and dehumanization of women in a system that prioritizes money and power, however, the swiftness of the action may be significant.
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That the news outlet seems to have done so poor a job in concealing its apparent source’s identity and the swiftness of the bust will both have some chilling effect on other potential leakers.
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However, that swiftness feeds into the inevitable, too.
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His time in the limelight ended with breathtaking swiftness.
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But the administration is not acting with similar swiftness to replace the Confederate monuments, particularly the statue of Robert E. Lee, even though it's had 18 months to prepare.
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BATON ROUGE - With efficient swiftness, the Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee has amended the capital outlay plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
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First Known Use of swiftness
before 12th century
swiftness Synonyms
Synonyms
celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, speed, velocityAntonyms
slowness, sluggishnessRelated Words
clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo; drive, hustle; acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush; alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness; warp speedNear Antonyms
languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor; reluctance; deliberateness, deliberation; dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastinationLearn More about swiftness
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