swiftyadj.
/ˈswɪfti/ rare (chiefly poetic).
Swift.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective]
swiftc888
swifta1050
currentc1300
quickc1300
hastivea1325
hastyc1330
ingnel1340
swiftyc1380
speedfula1387
fasta1400
swippingc1420
speedy1487
fleet1528
tite?a1540
scudding1545
flighty1552
suddenly1556
flight1581
feathered1587
Pegasean1590
wing-footed1591
swift-winged?1592
thought-swift-flying1595
wind-winged?1596
swallow-winged1597
Pegasarian1607
skelping1607
rapid1608
night-swifta1616
celerious1632
clipping1635
perniciousa1656
volatile1655
quick-foot1658
meteorous1667
windy1697
high-flying1710
fleet-footed1726
aliped1727
wickc1760
velocious1775
flight-performing1785
fast-going1800
fast-moving1802
meteor1803
wight-wapping1830
fleety1841
speeding1847
swiftening1848
two-forty1855
fire-swift1865
pennate1870
spinning1882
percursory1884
zippy1889
meteoric1895
pacy1906
presto1952
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 407 Crist is swiftier in hise werkes þan oure tungis ben in her speche.
1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. E.iii His Spurres with heeles he strykes, And forewarde ronnes with swyftye race.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hvj As gliding waues in swiftye streames Are quickly cumd, and gone.
1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint sig. C4 To swifty Dolon take good heede.
a1890 R. F. Burton tr. Catullus Carmina (1894) lv. 26 Rhesus borne in swifty car snow-white.
Derivatives
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun]
swiftnessc888
speedOE
swiftship?c1225
swifthead1340
speedfulnessc1386
quickness?a1425
hastinessc1425
speediheadc1450
swiftinessa1464
radeur1477
celerity1483
speediness1530
swithnessc1540
velocity1555
raptness1582
pernicity1592
rapidity1601
fastness1604
fleetness1625
rida1642
rapidness1650
mercuriousnessa1661
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 36 Al manere games that longyn to power or switnesse [v.r. swiftinesse].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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