celerity
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“A revision made in response to an entry’s increased attention differs only in celerity — as always, all revisions reflect evidence of use.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2020
The desert reduces its victims with barbarous celerity, and few of them are identifiable by outward appearance.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020
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
“If everyone shows good will, and contributes with responsibility, realism and celerity, we will get there.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2016
He ejected them with celerity, and his servants watched with some satisfaction as these lords of the leaf stalked back out to their chaises, disappointed in their designs.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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