Antonyms for quicknessquick·ness

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1. quickness

   Antonyms:
   apathy, dulness, insensibility, obtuseness, slowness, sluggishness, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, alertness, animation, brilliancy, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, readiness, sagacity, sense, sensibility

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1. quickness

   Antonyms:
   slowness, tardiness, dilatoriness

   Synonyms:
   liveliness, velocity, speed, swiftness, celerity, fleetness, haste

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1. • Skillfulness

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1. adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quicknessnoun

   skillful performance or ability without difficulty

   "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

   Synonyms:
   rapidness, celerity, installation, speediness, quick-wittedness, adeptness, rapidity, facility, adroitness, readiness, mental quickness, deftness

2. mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittednessnoun

   intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

   Synonyms:
   speediness, celerity, adroitness, adeptness, quick-wittedness, mental quickness, rapidity, facility, rapidness, deftness

3. celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speedinessnoun

   a rate that is rapid

   Synonyms:
   speediness, celerity, adroitness, quick-wittedness, adeptness, rapidity, rapidness, mental quickness, deftness, facility

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1. quicknessnoun

   Synonyms:
   fleetness, expedition, rapidity, celerity, alacrity, agility, dispatch, velocity, haste, speed, facility

How to use quickness in a sentence?

1. Richard Aborn:

   The police need to do as much as possible to get illegal guns off the street and then those cases have to be prosecuted very, very quickly, when kids commit illegal acts, if you dont move quickly they dont get the message. Quickness is as important, if not more important, than harsh punishment.

2. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia:

   Time flies by with a horrible quickness. Soon it will be a year since we saw our friends. Well, it's nothing. God will grant us all to meet again.

3. Dawn Staley:

   I pray every day for Free Brittney ' because I know Free Brittney ', I know Free Brittney ' heart, and guess what ? Brittney's gon na handle this situation because as women we're gon na find a way, we're gon na compartmentalize. No matter what Free Brittney ''s going through, there's a place in Free Brittney ' heart and Free Brittney ' mind that will push Free Brittney ' over the top to handle whatever Free Brittney ' needs to handle. ... I think it's for all of us to do what we need to do to get Free Brittney ' out of it - get all Americans out of Russia, with the quickness.

4. Alfred North Whitehead:

   Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

5. Quin Snyder:

   He’s going to be a star in this league, really soon, he’s a rare combination of size, length, quickness and skill.

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