Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Expeditiously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In expedite manner; expeditiously.
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- adverb In an
expedite manner;expeditiously .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It would be sooner done, quoth Panurge, and more expeditely, if we should try the matter at the chance of three fair dice.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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It would be sooner done, quoth Panurge, and more expeditely, if we should try the matter at the chance of three fair dice.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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But an opinion which is opposed by a more probable opinion is not truly and expeditely probable, since its arguments are annulled by more potent opposing arguments and cannot in consequence gain the assent of a prudent man.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The first was accomplished expeditely in the little tobacconist's shop under the arcade, where the purchase of a box of Minghetti cigars promised later solace.
The Place of Honeymoons Harold MacGrath 1901
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He put himself into the garb of a servant, to do it: he laid aside his loose and upper garments, that he might apply himself to this service the more expeditely.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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It would be sooner done, quoth Panurge, and more expeditely, if we should try the matter at the chance of three fair dice.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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