expeditious
/ɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/
expeditious adjective: fast, prompt, speedy.
Adjective
expeditious (comparative more expeditious, superlative most expeditious)
- Fast, prompt, speedy.
- Near-synonym: expedited
- Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious!—I believe we drive faster than anybody.1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 15
- Synonyms:
- expedited
- Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
- Near-synonym: expedited
- As they thus pressed forward, longing doubtless to exchange the easy curving line, which the sinuosities of the bay compelled them to adopt, for a straiter and more expeditious path, though less conformable to the line of beauty, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach advancing to meet...1816, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page...
- Synonyms:
- expedited
expeditious meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
expeditious in Tamil
- செயல் விரைவுடைய, விரைவார்ந்த
expeditious in Marathi
- expeditious
- त्वरित tvarit
expeditious in Malayalam
- swift, speedy, quick
- ത്വരിതമായ, അവിളംബിതമായ, വേഗത്തിലുള്ള, ദ്രുതമായ, ക്ഷിപ്ര, ക്ഷിപ്രഗതിയിലുള്ള
Synonyms of expeditious
Forms of expeditious
| comparative | more expeditious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most expeditious |
Origin of expeditious
From Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”), past participle of expediō.
Words formed from expeditious
Questions about expeditious
- What does expeditious mean?
- Expeditious means fast, prompt, speedy.
- What is expeditious in Tamil?
- Expeditious in Tamil is செயல் விரைவுடைய, விரைவார்ந்த. See Expeditious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is expeditious?
- Expeditious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce expeditious?
- Expeditious is pronounced /ɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/.
Words near expeditious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: expeditious (page history and authors); expeditious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); त्वरित (Marathi) (page history and authors); expeditious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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