fleet
noun
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
fleetness
-
a word derived from
fleet.
Example Sentences
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And there is no question that Red Bull under Horner had a fleetness of foot and improvisational aggression that quite often left their rivals trailing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
All cities develop budgets and set staffing levels while possessing better local knowledge than the Legislature has - and, we dare say, more fleetness of foot.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
At the Kennedy Center, he approached the score with his hallmark light fleetness, the way he conducts Beethoven, or the translucent Verdi Requiem he led here in 2018.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2019
His feet tap dance on the organ pedals with a fleetness that puts Fred Astaire to shame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2019
Over this the dogs scampered with their sledge and men with wonderful fleetness, making sixty miles the first day!
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
