speedy

comparative speedier · superlative speediest

1. Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.

   After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.

   1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598

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   " 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.

   1594, Thomas Nash, “The Terrors of the Night”, in Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, volume I, published 1807, →OCLC, page 270

   They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.

   1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774

   Synonyms: swift, fast, quick, cursory, express, fast, expeditious, feverish

present singular third person speedies · participle present speedying · participle past speedied · past speedied

1. transitiveTo process in a faster than normal, accelerated way.

   “[…] 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.”

   1647, [uncredited], Journals of the House of Lords (House of Lords), volume 10, page 389

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   […] 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.

   1871, The Mauritius Reports, page 46

   Synonyms: speed up

2. transitiveTo apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete.

   The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.

   Synonyms: speedy delete

plural Speedys

1. A surname.