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celerity

[suh-ler-i-tee] / səˈlɛr ɪ ti /


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The officer reacted with celerity, producing, seemingly out of nowhere, a tube that he deposited in his master’s hand.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2018

It has been touted as Sjon’s masterpiece, but it lacks the compression, celerity and discipline of the previous novels — those scythes, whose language cut and gleamed.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2018

It is time for her and the state of West Virginia to get on with it - celerity and all.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2017

“If everyone shows good will, and contributes with responsibility, realism and celerity, we will get there.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2016

Bono, Olakunde, and I removed our shirts immediately—garments thrown off so with such celerity, when once donned with such pride.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson