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"word": "speedy delete"
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"word": "speedy deletion"
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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",
"text": "They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet \"Greyhounds\", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.",
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{
"ref": "1961 October, \"\"Voyageur\"\", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598",
"text": "After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.",
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"word": "fleet"
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"word": "greased lightning"
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"word": "hectic"
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"word": "hectical"
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"word": "immediate"
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"word": "lightning fast"
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"word": "nimble"
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"word": "post haste"
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"word": "precipitant"
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"word": "quick as a flash"
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"lang": "Bashkir",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "тиҙ"
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "шәп"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrz",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "бърз"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "nezabaven",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "незабавен"
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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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"word": "veloç"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuàisù de",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "快速的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùnsù de",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "迅速的"
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "spoedig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "vauhdikas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "prompt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"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"
},
{
"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",
"word": "sebes"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "imeachtach"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōsoku",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "高速"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "vēlox"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "celer"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "properus"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "brz",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "брз"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "rápido"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "pronto"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býstryj",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "бы́стрый"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "siùbhlach"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "pronto"
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "เร็ว"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "sẵn sàng"
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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",
"text": "[…] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized.",
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"(transitive) To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way."
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"Computing",
"Networking",
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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",
"text": "They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet \"Greyhounds\", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.",
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"ref": "1961 October, \"\"Voyageur\"\", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598",
"text": "After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.",
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"word": "express"
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"source": "Thesaurus:speedy",
"word": "fleet"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:speedy",
"word": "greased lightning"
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"word": "hyperactive"
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"word": "immediate"
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"word": "post haste"
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"word": "rapid"
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{
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"word": "speedy"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:speedy",
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"word": "spit-spot"
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tiź",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "тиҙ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "şəp",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "шәп"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrz",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "бърз"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezabaven",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "незабавен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ràpid"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "veloç"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuàisù de",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "快速的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùnsù de",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "迅速的"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "spoedig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "vauhdikas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "prompt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "rapide"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "schnell"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "gyors"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "sebes"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "imeachtach"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōsoku",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "高速"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "vēlox"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "celer"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "brz",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "брз"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "rápido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "pronto"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býstryj",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "бы́стрый"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "siùbhlach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "rápido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "pronto"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "reo",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "เร็ว"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "characterized by rapid or swift motion",
"word": "sẵn sàng"
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"Rhymes:English/iːdi",
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"2": "spoedig",
"t": "speedy, swift, rapid, quick"
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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.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1871, The Mauritius Reports, page 46",
"text": "[…] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized.",
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"(transitive) To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way."
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"To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete."
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[
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"(transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete."
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