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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Sinner's relentlessly clean ball-striking from the back of the court, plus his fleetness of foot when his opponent tried to lure him forward, began to frustrate Alcaraz in the fourth set.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
With stunning fleetness, Mackey here captured both the late, great Dutch composer’s wistful profundity as well as his brassy brazenness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
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
The first lad was at this moment the victor, and he plunged down the side street with a fleetness known only to the street arab.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
