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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPEE'DY, a.
1. Quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion; as a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
2. Quick in performance; not dilatory or slow; as a speedy dispatch of business.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy" [syn: rapid, speedy]
2: accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial" [syn: quick, speedy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (speedier; -est) Date: 14th century marked by swiftness of motion or action; also prompt 2 Synonyms: see fast • speedily adverb • speediness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (speedier, speediest) 1 moving quickly; rapid. 2 done without delay; prompt (a speedy answer). Derivatives: speedily adv. speediness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Speedy Speed"y (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Speedier; superl. Speediest.] [AS. sp[=e]dyg.] Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot. I will wish her speedy strength. --Shak. Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(speedier, speediest) A speedy process, event, or action happens or is done very quickly. We wish Bill a speedy recovery... = quick ? slow ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Swift, rapid, quick, fleet, hasty, hurried, flying, nimble, hurrying, fast. 2. Quick, prompt, expeditious. 3. Near, approaching, early.

Moby Thesaurus

abrupt, agile, alacritous, alert, apt, breakneck, brief, brisk, cometary, cursory, dashing, decisive, dispatchful, double-quick, eagle-winged, electrifying, expeditious, express, fast, festinate, feverish, flashing, fleet, flickering, flying, furious, galloping, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hurried, hustling, immediate, impetuous, impulsive, instant, instantaneous, last-minute, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, meteoric, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, on the spot, passing, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, punctual, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, raking, rapid, ready, reckless, running, sharp, shocking, short, short and sweet, short-term, short-termed, slap-bang, slapdash, smart, snap, snappy, spanking, spry, startling, sudden, summary, superficial, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, urgent, winged