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celerity
/ sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ /
noun
- rapidity; swiftness; speed
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Origin of celerity1
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Example Sentences
But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
Haggard had disappeared with the celerity of a harlequin who jumps through a trap.
The man Parsons started to his feet with equal celerity, and the two men stood glaring at each other.
These presently drained into a burn that made off, with little noise and no celerity of pace, about the corner of the hill.
He shot out his hand and produced his watch with the celerity of a sleight-of-hand performer.
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