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View synonyms for celerity
celerity
/ sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ /
noun
- rapidity; swiftness; speed
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of celerity1
C15: from Old French celerite, from Latin celeritās, from celer swift
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Synonym Study
See speed.
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Example Sentences
But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
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Haggard had disappeared with the celerity of a harlequin who jumps through a trap.
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The man Parsons started to his feet with equal celerity, and the two men stood glaring at each other.
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These presently drained into a burn that made off, with little noise and no celerity of pace, about the corner of the hill.
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He shot out his hand and produced his watch with the celerity of a sleight-of-hand performer.
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