expeditiousness

noun

expeditiousness

noun

Etymology From expeditious + -ness.

1

The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed.

  • Even the numerous drunkards and beggars seemed to be in a hurry, stumbling from one side of the street to the other with pointless resolution or, with businesslike expeditiousness, soliciting money and food from strangers.2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 304:

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