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quickness 音标拼音: [kw'ɪknəs] n. 急速,迅速,速度 急速,迅速,速度 quickness n 1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; " his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; " he was famous for his facility as an archer" [ synonym: { adeptness}, { adroitness}, { deftness}, { facility}, { quickness}] 2: intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay [ synonym: { mental quickness}, { quickness}, { quick- wittedness}] 3: a rate that is rapid [ synonym: { celerity}, { quickness}, { rapidity}, { rapidness}, { speediness}] Quickness \ Quick" ness\, n. 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. -- Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. [ 1913 Webster] This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. [ 1913 Webster] Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ? -- Locke [ 1913 Webster] 4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. -- Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness. [ 1913 Webster] 195 Moby Thesaurus words for " quickness": ability, abruptness, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, agility, air speed, airmanship, alacrity, alertness, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aptitude, aptness, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, attention, attentiveness, avidity, avidness, bat, braininess, bravura, breathless impatience, brightness, brilliance, briskness, capability, capacity, celerity, cheerful readiness, clear thinking, cleverness, command, competence, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, decisiveness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, dispatch, docility, eagerness, educability, efficiency, elan, esprit, expedition, expeditiousness, expertise, facility, fastness, feverishness, finesse, flair, flight, flit, flurry, forwardness, furiousness, gait, genius, giftedness, gifts, grace, grip, ground speed, gust, gusto, handiness, haste, hastiness, horsemanship, hurriedness, hurry, immediacy, immediateness, impatience, impetuosity, impetuousness, impressionability, impulsiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, instantaneousness, intelligence, keen desire, keen- wittedness, keenness, knots, know- how, life, lightning speed, liveliness, malleability, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mental alertness, mercurial mind, miles per hour, moldability, motivation, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble- wittedness, nimbleness, nous, overhastiness, pace, plasticity, pliability, practical ability, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness, proficiency, promptitude, promptness, prowess, punctuality, punctualness, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick- wittedness, rapidity, rashness, readiness, ready wit, receptivity, recklessness, resource, resourcefulness, round pace, rpm, rush, savoir- faire, savvy, seamanship, sharp- wittedness, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, sleeplessness, smartness, smarts, snappiness, speed, speediness, spirit, sprightly wit, spryness, style, suddenness, summariness, susceptibility, swift rate, swiftness, tact, tactfulness, talent, teachability, teachableness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, trainableness, velocity, verve, virtuosity, vitality, vivacity, wakefulness, willingness, wit, wizardry, workmanship, zest, zestfulness
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