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swiftness

noun as in acceleration

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The swiftness and high case-rate of Chikungunya is almost unprecedented in the annals of horrible viral outbreaks.

Presumably he realizes he could spend a fortune and still get fired by the electorate with Apprentice-like swiftness.

Louis had covered his raging temples with his hand, and he hastened forward with distracted swiftness.

Don't you remember my telling you that Liszt has an inconceivable lightness, swiftness and smoothness of execution?

Since the time of Linnæus the growth of our knowledge has gone forward with amazing swiftness.

His right hand dropped with incredible swiftness to his wide black belt, snatched something from a concealed pocket there.

The little adobe at the desert well leaped at them and fell away behind with the swiftness of thought.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to swiftness, such as: alacrity, quickness, rapidity, briskness, celerity, and speed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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