swift´ness

swift´ness
swift «swihft», adjective, adverb, noun.
–adj.
1. moving very fast; able to move very fast: »

a swift horse, a swift automobile.

 SYNONYM(S): fleet, speedy, rapid.
2. made or done at high speed; quick: »

a swift pace, the swift clicking of the knitting needles.

3. coming, happening, or performed quickly; prompt: »

a swift answer.

4. quick, rapid, or prompt to act; ready; alert (to): »

swift to suspect. He is swift to repay a kindness.

5. passing quickly; that is soon over; brief: »

Swift Summer into the Autumn flowed (Shelley).

–adv.
in a swift manner; swiftly.
–n.
1. a small bird with long, strong wings, noted for its rapidity of flight. It is related to the hummingbird and goatsucker but looks somewhat like a swallow. The chimney swift of North America often builds its nest in an unused chimney. »

The swift…has a wingspread of some 16 inches, which makes it an incomparable little flying machine (Scientific American).

2. any one of certain small lizards that run quickly.
3. any one of a family of large moths distinguished by their rapid flight; ghost moth.
4. a kind of reel, usually adjustable in diameter, used for winding skeins of yarn, silk, and thread.
5. a cylinder in a carding machine.
╂[Old English swift]
–swift´ly, adverb.
–swift´ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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