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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Swiftness \Swift"ness\, noun The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
swiftness
noun: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: {speed}, {fastness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "swiftness": abruptness, agility, air speed, alacrity, bat, brevity, briefness, briskness, celerity, decisiveness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, feverishness, flight, flit, flurry, furiousness, gait, ground speed, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, immediacy, immediateness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, instantaneousness, knots, lightning speed, miles per hour, nimbleness, pace, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness, promptitude, promptness, punctuality, punctualness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, readiness, round pace, rpm, rush, rustle, sharpness, shortness, smartness, snappiness, speed, speediness, spryness, suddenness, summariness, swift rate, velocity
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