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speedwise

speedwise adverb: in terms of speed.

Adverb

speedwise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of speed.
    • “I must have caught 45 or 50 touchdowns in that right corner,” he told The Baltimore Sun in 2009. “It was sloped some, a little downhill, which helped me speedwise. I wasn’t all that fast.”2020 October 29, Richard Goldstein, “Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts’ Unitas, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020

Origin of speedwise

From speed + -wise.

Questions about speedwise

What does speedwise mean?
Speedwise means in terms of speed.
What part of speech is speedwise?
Speedwise is an adverb.

Words near speedwise in the dictionary

  1. speedwalks
  2. speedway
  3. speedways
  4. speedwell
  5. speedwells
  6. speedwise
  7. speedwork
  8. speedworthiness
  9. speedwriting
  10. speedy
  11. speedy delete

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