quickness

English

Etymology

quick +‎ -ness

Noun

quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)

rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.

Derived terms

with a quickness

Translations

rapidity of movement or activity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 迅速 (zh) (xùnsù)
Esperanto: rapideco
Finnish: nopeus (fi)
French: rapidité (fr) f
Georgian: სიჩქარე (sičkare), სისწრაფე (sisc̣rape)
German: Schnelligkeit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: τάχος n (tákhos), ὠκύτης f (ōkútēs)

Hungarian: gyorsaság (hu)
Ido: rapideso (io)
Irish: éascaíocht f, aibéil f
Italian: rapidità (it) f
Japanese: 速さ (ja) (はやさ, hayasa)
Portuguese: rapidez (pt) f
Russian: быстрота́ (ru) f (bystrotá), стреми́тельность (ru) f (stremítelʹnostʹ)
Spanish: rapidez (es) f

dexterity — see dexterity

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