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celerity

[suh-ler-i-tee] / səˈlɛr ɪ ti /


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And if meat must be produced ever more quickly, surely it should also be consumed with maximum celerity?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The officer reacted with celerity, producing, seemingly out of nowhere, a tube that he deposited in his master’s hand.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2018

It has been touted as Sjon’s masterpiece, but it lacks the compression, celerity and discipline of the previous novels — those scythes, whose language cut and gleamed.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2018

It is time for her and the state of West Virginia to get on with it - celerity and all.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2017

At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away François’s breath.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London


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