quickness

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪknəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪknəs

Noun

quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)

1. 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, festinación (es) f, celeridad (es) f, priesa (es) f

dexterity — see dexterity