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expeditive

expeditive adjective: performing with speed.

Adjective

expeditive (comparative more expeditive, superlative most expeditive)

  1. (obsolete) Performing with speed.
    • But I mean not to purchase the praise of expeditive in that kind ; but as one that hath a feeling of my duty1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking seat in Chancery

Forms of expeditive

comparativemore expeditive
superlativemost expeditive

Origin of expeditive

From Middle French expéditif.

Questions about expeditive

What does expeditive mean?
Expeditive means performing with speed.
What part of speech is expeditive?
Expeditive is an adjective.

Words near expeditive in the dictionary

  1. expeditionists
  2. expeditions
  3. expeditious
  4. expeditiously
  5. expeditiousness
  6. expeditive
  7. expeditor
  8. expeditors
  9. expel
  10. expeled
  11. expelee

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