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quickness

/ˈkwɪknəs/

quickness noun: rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity.

Noun

quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)

  1. rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
    • The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.
    Synonyms:
    celerity

quickness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

quickness in Hindi

quickness, swiftness
लाघव lāghav

quickness in Tamil

quickness, rapidity
வீச்சு vīccu

quickness in Urdu

quickness
جلدی jaldī

quickness in Telugu

quickness, rapidity, speed
వేగము vēgamu
quickness
తురుతు turutu, తొర tora
quickness, briskness, celerity, rapidity; sharpness, violence
వడి vaḍi
More languagesFewer languages
quickness in Kannada
ವೇಗ vēga
quickness in Sanskrit
जव java, जुवस् juvas

Synonyms of quickness

Forms of quickness

pluralquicknesses

Origin of quickness

From Middle English quiknes, qwiknes, quyknesse, cwicnesse, equivalent to quick + -ness.

Words formed from quickness

Words that rhyme with quickness

Questions about quickness

What does quickness mean?
Quickness means rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity.
What is quickness in Hindi?
Quickness in Hindi is लाघव (lāghav). See Quickness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is quickness?
Quickness is a noun.
How do you pronounce quickness?
Quickness is pronounced /ˈkwɪknəs/.
What is the plural of quickness?
The plural of quickness is quicknesses.

Words near quickness in the dictionary

  1. quickmatch
  2. quickmatches
  3. quickmire
  4. quickmires
  5. quickmud
  6. quickness
  7. quicknesses
  8. quickplay
  9. quicks
  10. quicksand
  11. quicksandlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: quickness (page history and authors); लाघव (Hindi) (page history and authors); வீச்சு (Tamil) (page history and authors); جلدی (Urdu) (page history and authors); తురుతు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ವೇಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors). 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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