expeditiousadj.
/ɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/ Characterized by expedition.
1. Of action, a voyage, etc.: Speedily performed. Of a method: Leading to speedy performance. Of an answer: Quickly given, ready.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > quickly done or obtained
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > leading to speedy execution
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting expeditiously (of persons)
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 319 I'le..Promise you..auspicious gales, And saile, so expeditious, that shall catch Your Royall fleete farre off. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 56 Turning up of the Earth..is to be preferr'd to Hand-weeding, and more expeditious.
1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles xiv. 96 A most expeditious Answer.
1709 J. Sharp Serm. VII. iv. 63 The..short expeditious way of appealing to the Bishop of Rome.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 278 Capable of making an expeditious voyage.
a1832 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) I. 182 Obviating a dissatisfaction, which expeditious measures would excite.
1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xii. 10 Equipped for expeditious travelling.
2. Of an implement or weapon: Fitted for quick movements; handy. rare.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > for use
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1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. ii. 18 With the broad Targe and expeditious Sword.
3. Of persons: Acting or moving with expedition; speedy.
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a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) i. 12 Let us be all most expeditious.
1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 3 He..desir'd I would be expeditious in going.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 242 An expeditious set of workmen.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvii. 439 The German commission was as expeditious as the Spanish had been dilatory.
1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 162 An expeditious traveller..will accomplish the journey in eleven days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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