ultraswift

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/ˈʌltɹəswɪft/

adjective

Extraordinarily swift; of utmost swiftness.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveultraswift (comparative more ultraswift, superlative most ultraswift)

comparative more ultraswift · superlative most ultraswift

  1. rareExtraordinarily swift; of utmost swiftness.

    Kinesthetic warfare is not alone ultraswift motion and impact, it is also perception.

    1965, Professional Journal of the United States Army, Command and General Staff School, pages 13–14
    2 more examples

    Ultraswift high-flying aircraft, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and manned spacecraft, entering the atmosphere share several types of control problems which NASA is continuing to investigate.

    1961, United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Semiannual Report to the Congress, Volume, The Administration, page 103

    Carl Vertieden and Peter Breucken had no time to cryout. As they were about to run over to the scene of the accident, the ultraswift vehicles of Arkon 3's robot police were already racing to it and had soon sealed off the area.

    1976, Kurt Brand, Power's Price, Ace, →ISBN, page 10

Origin

  1. Englishultra-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ksweybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kswéybʰ-e-ti
  4. Proto-Germanic*swībaną
  5. Old Englishswīfan
  6. Old Englishswift
  7. Middle Englishswift
  8. Englishswift
  9. Englishultraswift

From ultra- + swift.

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APA

ultraswift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultraswift

MLA

“ultraswift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultraswift. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ultraswift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultraswift.

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