as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
the speediness with which she types is simply amazing
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Recent Examples of speediness
Groq’s LPUs use a type of short-term memory, known as SRAM, that is located directly on the chip’s engine, a driving force behind its speediness.
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Considering her herculean effort and miraculous success, the speediness of her undoing is stunning.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Considering her herculean effort and miraculous success, the speediness of her undoing is stunning.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speediness
Noun
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The questions continued when the Steelers rounded out their draft class with likely special teamers who have size (sixth-round, 6-5, 321-pound DT Gabriel Rubio) and speed (Oklahoma safety Robert Spears-Jennings ran the fastest 40 at the combine at his position) but need polish.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cops believe speed played a factor in the crash.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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How the stars in a binary system orbit one another — their orbital period and velocity — depends on the masses of the two stars.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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But Lamar’s velocity reflects his ambition.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Speediness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speediness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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