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velociousness

velociousness noun: the quality of being velocious.

Noun

velociousness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being velocious.
    • With those symptoms would be connected, an excited state of the heart and arteries, and such a velociousness of the pulse as we rarely have an opportunity of observing in other febrile diseases.1841, David D[aniel] Davis, “Of the Diseases of the Puerperal State”, in Elements of Obstetric Medicine; with the Description and Treatment of Some of the Principal Diseases of Children, 2nd edition...
    • ‘Hip—hip—ha–a–a–ay there!’ shouted a well-known voice, as a splendid team went by with dreadful velociousness.1856 September, “The Observations of Mace Sloper, Esq. Familiarly Narrated by Himself. Number Eight. Sloper’s Summer Experiences Continued.”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine...
    Synonyms:
    velocity

Examples of velociousness in a sentence

  • A Hup of extreme velociousness and luxuriosity.”1931, Florence Riddell, Wives Win, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 41:
  • The velociousness with which disparate cues were generated restricted individual sensemaking to trigger traps, impeding the process of sensemaking in its entirety.2022, Shradha Kundra, Rohit Dwivedi, “Sensemaking of COVIDian Crisis for Work and Organization”, in Philosophy of Management, volume 22...

Synonyms of velociousness

Origin of velociousness

From velocious + -ness.

Questions about velociousness

What does velociousness mean?
Velociousness means the quality of being velocious.
How do you use velociousness in a sentence?
A Hup of extreme velociousness and luxuriosity.”
What part of speech is velociousness?
Velociousness is a noun.

Words near velociousness in the dictionary

  1. velocimeters
  2. velocimetric
  3. velocimetry
  4. velocious
  5. velociously
  6. velociousness
  7. velocipedal
  8. velocipede
  9. velocipedean
  10. velocipedeans
  11. velocipeded

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