| 单词 | celerity |
| 释义 | celerity (once / 3991 pages) n While it looks a lot like celery, celerity means something that vegetables are not — fast moving. Gossip often travels with celerity, as do children trying to get to a big plate of cookies. When you see the word celerity, think accelerate, like a car when you step on the gas. Both words share the Latin root celer which means swift. You may want to study for exams with celerity, but using a slower, more methodical approach will often yield better results. WORD FAMILYcelerity: celerities USAGE EXAMPLESUnified rejected Magnolia, it also turned down renewals for two campuses run by Celerity Schools. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) Tuesday was no different, as Magnolia and Celerity brought out hundreds of supporters. Los Angeles Times(Oct 18, 2016) Celerity Educational Group, which operates two of the schools, is under investigation for possible conflicts of interest among corporations to which it has ties. Los Angeles Times(Oct 18, 2016) n a rate that is rapid Syn|Hypo|Hyper quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness fleetness rapidity of movement immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousnessthe quickness of action or occurrence despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousnessthe property of being prompt and efficient promptitude, promptnessthe characteristic of doing things without delay pace, rate the relative speed of progress or change |
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