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单词 quickness
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quickness

/ˈkwɪknəs /
noun [mass noun]
1The quality of moving fast or doing something in a short time: an athlete with outstanding quickness and agility...
  • He is a sure tackler with great quickness.
  • He is a dominating athlete with agile feet and good initial quickness.
  • He had a great offseason, improving his strength and quickness.
2The quality of being prompt to understand, think, or learn: his quickness of mind gained him the respect of all parties...
  • His curiosity and quickness of mind ensured that he realised very quickly what I was implying.
  • The quickness of her mind astonished me.
  • Your client, I should say, had the quickness of mind to object to it.
2.1The quality of a person’s temper being easily roused: his quickness of temper involved him in many controversies...
  • Despite the quickness of her temper, Anne was temperamentally opposed to confrontation.
  • Quickness to anger is reduced and thus the incidence of violence.
  • Red hair has similarly been stereotypically associated with quickness of temper.
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