Celerity \Ce*ler"i*ty\, n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm
speedy: sf. F. c['e]l['e]rit['e].]
Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
[1913 Webster]
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose
whole employment is to watch its flight. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
celerity
n : a rate that is rapid [syn: quickness, rapidity]
WordNet (r) 2.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "celerity":
air speed, alacrity, bat, briskness, dispatch, expedition,
expeditiousness, fastness, flight, flit, flurry, gait,
ground speed, haste, hurry, hustle, instantaneousness, knots,
legerity, lightning speed, miles per hour, pace, precipitation,
promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, round pace, rpm,
rush, rustle, snappiness, speed, speediness, swift rate, swiftness,
velocity
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
quickness, rapidity
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