Etymology

speedful

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Today it means: Successful, effectual, efficient. Full definition →

Middle English speedful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromspeedful
  2. English todayspeedful

From Middle English speedful, spedeful, spedful (“successful, prosperous”), equivalent to speed + -ful.

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