quickness

English

Etymology

From Middle English quiknes, qwiknes, quyknesse, cwicnesse, equivalent to quick +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪknəs/
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Rhymes: -ɪknəs

Noun

quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)

rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.

Derived terms

with a quickness

Translations

rapidity of movement or activity

Bulgarian: бързина (bg) f (bǎrzina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迅速 (zh) (xùnsù)
Esperanto: rapideco
Finnish: nopeus (fi), vikkelyys (fi)
French: rapidité (fr) f
Georgian: სიჩქარე (sičkare), სისწრაფე (sisc̣rape)
German: Schnelligkeit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: τάχος n (tákhos), ταχυτής f (takhutḗs), ὠκυτής f (ōkutḗs)
Hungarian: gyorsaság (hu)
Ido: rapideso (io)
Irish: éascaíocht f, aibéil f
Italian: rapidità (it) f
Japanese: 速さ (ja) (はやさ, hayasa)
Latvian: ašums m
Macedonian: бр́зина f (bŕzina)
Old English: hrædnes f
Plautdietsch: Schwindichkjeit f
Portuguese: rapidez (pt) f
Russian: быстрота́ (ru) f (bystrotá), стреми́тельность (ru) f (stremítelʹnostʹ)
Sanskrit: जव (sa) m (java), जुवस् (sa) n (juvas)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хи̏тро̄ст f

Roman: hȉtrōst (sh) f
Spanish: rapidez (es) f

dexterity — see dexterity

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