as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
his agility and overall quickness made him the football coach's top choice for receiver
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Recent Examples of quickness
With MacDougall and doctors watching over, the man died, and MacDougall noticed the scale’s counterweight dropped with surprising quickness.
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Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Austin struggled throughout, unable to keep up with Hill's speed or Waddle's quickness.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
At 6’4 with a 6’8 wingspan, Dosunmu has the length and quickness to take on tough defensive assignments.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Virtually every defensive metric rates Bichette as a bottom-five shortstop in baseball, and his lateral quickness is diminishing every season.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Spanish Harlem, Camacho rose up the boxing ranks in New York in the 1980s, and made a name for himself for his quickness in the ring and flamboyant style.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
More might be said here, however, about women’s wildness, kicking up dirt, and quickness.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Campbell’s quickness, power and hand discipline have all shown up.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The tS's steering quickness and feel are both right on point.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Austin struggled throughout, unable to keep up with Hill's speed or Waddle's quickness.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
At 6’4 with a 6’8 wingspan, Dosunmu has the length and quickness to take on tough defensive assignments.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Virtually every defensive metric rates Bichette as a bottom-five shortstop in baseball, and his lateral quickness is diminishing every season.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Spanish Harlem, Camacho rose up the boxing ranks in New York in the 1980s, and made a name for himself for his quickness in the ring and flamboyant style.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
More might be said here, however, about women’s wildness, kicking up dirt, and quickness.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Campbell’s quickness, power and hand discipline have all shown up.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The tS's steering quickness and feel are both right on point.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quickness
Noun
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In the early days of college sports’ name, image and likeness era, some of the most prominent Penn State supporters — business leaders, wealthy donors, famous former members of the football program — were working to bring the Nittany Lions up to speed with the competition.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, winds from the southeast at 6 km/h may challenge players’ speed control on approach shots and putts.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The sudden contractions between main channels and auxiliary pathways create local velocity increases and swirling patterns that actively pull water out of the gas diffusion layer while simultaneously drawing fresh oxygen toward the catalyst sites, acting like miniature vacuum pumps.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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The hip injury Tagovailoa sustained at Alabama, before getting drafted, extracted some velocity off his passes.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Quickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quickness. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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