speediness

noun

Definition of speedinessnext
as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance the speediness with which she types is simply amazing

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Recent Examples of speediness The relative speediness of the response is the result of COVID. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 Groq’s LPUs use a type of short-term memory, known as SRAM, that is located directly on the chip’s engine, a driving force behind its speediness. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026 Considering her herculean effort and miraculous success, the speediness of her undoing is stunning. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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  1. speed
  2. velocity
Noun
  • Copper interconnects face greater limitations as transmission speeds increase.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some of this month’s incidents involved hackers using AI tools to hammer an organization’s digital defenses at machine speed; others resulted from plain human error.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of speed
Noun
  • In an era of baseball where launch angle and exit velocity are emphasized, home runs are prioritized and striking out has become far too acceptable, Simpson plays a different style.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In addition, since all this debris is moving at orbital velocity, a fleck of paint traveling in the opposite direction to an operational satellite can hit it at a speed in excess of Mach 47.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of velocity

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“Speediness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speediness. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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