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fleetness

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One waits at the bottom of a field, while his partner quarters the ground with the arrowy fleetness of a swallow.

I knew then that Owen had had a narrow escape, and but for the fleetness of foot of Evan he would surely have been slain.

Among his other gubernatorial accomplishments was a remarkable fleetness of foot.

The latter being promised a liberal reward, bounded away with the fleetness of a deer, and quickly vanished in the gloom.

She called her wild steed to her side, and, plucking these flowers to test his fleetness, sprang upon him and flew hither.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fleetness, such as: celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, hastiness, and hurriedness.

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

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