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fleetness|ˈfliːtnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being fleet.
1. Swiftness.
1625Quarles Sion's Sonn. vii. 7 Behold the fleetnesse of his nimble feet. 1767W. L. Lewis Statius' Thebaid v. 1002 Fame..In Fleetness far outstrips the vig'rous Horse. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. viii. 321 The fleetness of foot, with which..he outran the chariot of Ahab.
2. Transitoriness.
1727Bailey, vol. II, Fleetness, fleeting Quality. 1863I. Williams Baptistery ii. xxiv. (1874) 95 All their notes..Are of our fleetness sighing, And singing of our dying. |