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celerity

[ suh-ler-i-tee ]

/ səˈlɛr ɪ ti /

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noun

swiftness; speed.

Origin of celerity

1480–90; earlier celerite < Middle French < Latin celeritās, equivalent to celer swift + -itās -ity

SYNONYMS FOR celerity

alacrity, dispatch, briskness. See speed.

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Example sentences from the Web for celerity

MacQueen sprang for a water-bucket with a celerity which strongly suggested practice.

V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison
This is to be attributed to the Celerity with which she writes!

The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 |Duke of Wellington
The landlady vanished with a celerity that was rather remarkable, considering her extreme corpulence.

My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson |George Thompson
Upon observing it he had started for the barn to harness with a celerity that approached a trot.

The Fighting Shepherdess |Caroline Lockhart

This they now did with celerity, but they dragged their chief with them.

The Wings of the Morning |Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for celerity

celerity

/ (sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ) /

noun

rapidity; swiftness; speed

Word Origin for celerity

C15: from Old French celerite, from Latin celeritās, from celer swift