rapidity
101Moy and Dalrossie — MOY and DALROSSIE, a parish, partly in the county of Nairn, but chiefly in the county of Inverness, 12 miles (S. E.) from Inverness; containing 967 inhabitants, of whom 15 are in that portion within the county of Nairn. This place comprises… …
102agile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nimble, active, spry; quick, acrobatic, athletic. See activity, skill.Ant., awkward. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. nimble, quick, spry, deft, lithe, sprightly, supple, dexterous, limber, athletic,… …
103fleetness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quickness, velocity, rapidity; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed,… …
104swiftness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. acceleration, velocity, rapidity; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity,… …
105Velocity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Velocity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 velocity velocity speed celerity Sgm: N 1 swiftness swiftness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rapidity rapidity eagle speed Sgm: N 1 expedition expedition …
106rapid — 01. His [rapid] advancement in the company is due purely to his hard work, and his ability to work under pressure. 02. Carried by the waves, the young child was [rapidly] being pulled out to sea. 03. AIDS is spreading with horrifying [rapidity]… …
107rapid — rap|id W3 [ˈræpıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: rapidus seizing, sweeping away , from rapere; RAPE1] happening or done very quickly and in a very short time →↑fast, quick ↑quick ▪ The patient made a rapid recovery. rapid… …
108rape — 1 verb (T) to force someone to have sex, especially by using violence: Burgess will be in court today, accused of raping a fifteen year old girl. 2 noun 1 (C, U) the crime of forcing someone to have sex, especially by using violence: He was… …
109fast — fast, rapid, swift, fleet, quick, speedy, hasty, expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with great celerity. Fast and rapid are often used without distinction; but fast frequently applies to the moving object and emphasizes the way in… …
110fertile — fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean having or manifesting the power to produce fruit or offspring. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are observable in their corresponding nouns fertility, fecundity, fruitfulness,… …
