See speedy on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1594, Thomas Nash, “The Terrors of the Night”, in Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, volume I, published 1807, →OCLC, page 270:",
"text": "\" Without further parley, upon their knees they fell most devoutly, and for helpe on heaven never ceased extensively to intercessionate God, for his speedie recoverie.",
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"ref": "1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:",
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"ref": "1961 October, \"\"Voyageur\"\", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598:",
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"ref": "1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:",
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"ref": "1961 October, \"\"Voyageur\"\", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598:",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "kuàisù de",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "快速的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xùnsù de",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "迅速的"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "vauhdikas"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "rapide"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "schnell"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "gyors"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "高速"
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "rápido"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"ref": "1647, [uncredited], Journals of the House of Lords (House of Lords), volume 10, page 389:",
"text": "“[…] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood.”",
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"ref": "1871, The Mauritius Reports, page 46:",
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