celerity
11Celerity BBS — was a descendant of the freely distributed source of TCS BBS 1.43, and ultimately nearly completely rewritten. OriginIt originally began as a project of Brendon Woirhaye (The Byter) and David Hicks (Moebius) in 1990 to quickly modify an existing… …
12celerity — noun Etymology: Middle English celerite, from Anglo French, from Latin celeritat , celeritas, from celer swift more at hold Date: 15th century rapidity of motion or action …
13celerity — /seuh ler i tee/, n. swiftness; speed. [1480 90; earlier celerite < MF < L celeritas, equiv. to celer swift + itas ITY] Syn. alacrity, dispatch, briskness. See speed. * * * …
14celerity — Synonyms and related words: air speed, alacrity, bat, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, flight, flit, flurry, gait, ground speed, haste, hurry, hustle, instantaneousness, knots, legerity, lightning speed, miles per hour …
15celerity — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. speed, quickness, alacrity, haste, dispatch, expedition, swiftness. ANT.: slowness, *snail s pace, leisureliness II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: dispatch, expedition,… …
16celerity — ce|ler|i|ty [ sə lerəti ] noun uncount LITERARY great speed …
17celerity — see ACCELERATE …
18celerity — ce·ler·i·ty || sɪ lerɪtɪ n. alacrity, rapidity, speed …
19celerity — [sɪ lɛrɪti] noun archaic or literary swiftness of movement. Origin C15: from OFr. celerite, from L. celeritas, from celer swift …
20celerity — n. Speed, quickness, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness, velocity (when used of inanimate objects) …
