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speedy adj.
swift adj.

ADJECTIVE

speedy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerated brisk expeditious hasty hurried immediate prompt rapid swift

WEAK

agile breakneck express fleet harefooted headlong lissome lively nimble precipitate quick-fire rapid-fire ready snappy split-second summary supersonic ultrasonic winged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delayed leisurely slow sluggish

WEAK

halted slowed tardy

ADJECTIVE

swift

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt expeditious hasty nimble quick rapid speedy sudden unexpected

STRONG

cracking express fleet flying precipitate prompt ready screaming short spanking

WEAK

barrelling breakneck double-quick fleet-footed headlong hurried in nothing flat like crazy like mad on the double pronto shaking a leg short-lived snappy speedball supersonic winged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delayed expected lazy leisurely slow

WEAK

sluggish

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Windward attracts hearty, alacritous clients of all ages and experience levels.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

With each alacritous tale of somebody trying to tame or take a Hammons, a kind of pungency set in.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

About the size of a toddler, Moxie has a teardrop-shaped head, soft hands and alacritous green eyes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

"That was why I was so alacritous to go."

From Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley

The irony is that central and east Europe's adaptation was more farfetched and alacritous than the west's.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin

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