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expeditiousness definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see expeditious

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Expeditious Ex`pe*di"tious, a. Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ly, adv. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ness, n. Syn: Prompt; ready; speedy; alert. See Prompt.