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expeditiousness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being expeditious; quickness; expedition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the property of being prompt and efficient

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Examples

  • Maybe because a retreat to "expeditiousness" doesn't feel like an argument you'd support.

    "Oppose Wisconsin Checkpoints." Ann Althouse 2009

  • He is to have full access to all of your findings, and you all are to consider his inquiries with the expeditiousness that you do mine.

    Going Mutant Dr. Barry Leed 2010

  • It could also be run “informally” so that the expeditiousness of the project is a benefit to all.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » An End to DNA Test Waivers? 2009

  • Here is one of the fronts in this new foreign policy, strengthened by Obama's pressure for expeditiousness (once a decision has been made) that is already transforming the implementation of policy.

    Mayhill Fowler: Did President Obama Bend History in Oslo? 2009

  • Imagine that you are periodically forced to drop to the ground, remove your clothes, and that you are punished for moving with insufficient expeditiousness.

    Ayelet Waldman: How We Treat Those Who Have Transgressed 2008

  • Provide us with appropriate modalities for coming, with all deliberate expeditiousness, to closure, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Mike L 2006

  • Provide us with appropriate modalities for coming, with all deliberate expeditiousness, to closure, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.

    The Lord's Prayer for lawyers Mike L 2006

  • Christine Hardman's comments about the characteristic slapdash expeditiousness of the Church of England's methods will ring bells in many quarters, I'm sure.

    General Synod: Speech Moving Motion on Women in the Episcopate 2005

  • And, finally, capitulation for the sake of expeditiousness is not the right path; Parenting was a much better name than any alternative we had.

    Naked in the Boardroom Robin Wolaner 2005

  • No representation is made or warranty given as to their content, road conditions or route usability or expeditiousness.

    driving to Manzanillo 2002

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