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    celerity
    /sɪˈlɛrɪti/

    noun

    • 1. swiftness of movement. archaic, literary

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › celerityCelerity Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of CELERITY is rapidity of motion or action. How to use celerity in a sentence. Did you know?

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCELERITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Having collected all their forces, with loud whooping and encouraging shouts to one another, they led towards us with great celerity. He poured his own drink and shoved the bottles toward his friend, who helped himself with skilful celerity.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › celerityCELERITY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Celerity definition: swiftness; speed. . See examples of CELERITY used in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCELERITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    noun [ U ] formal us / səˈler.ə.t̬i / uk / səˈler.ə.ti / Add to word list. speed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Speed of motion. at full/half throttle idiom. briskness. burst of speed. clip. clock. cruising speed. ground speed. hypersonic. hypervelocity. instantaneous velocity. light speed. linear velocity. momentum. pace.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › celerityCelerity - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    While it looks a lot like celery, celerity means something that vegetables are not — fast moving. Gossip often travels with celerity, as do children trying to get to a big plate of cookies. When you see the word celerity, think accelerate, like a car when you step on the gas.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCELERITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    celerity in American English. (səˈlerɪti) noun. swiftness; speed. SYNONYMS alacrity, dispatch, briskness. See speed. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › celerityCelerity - definition of celerity by The Free Dictionary

    Define celerity. celerity synonyms, celerity pronunciation, celerity translation, English dictionary definition of celerity. n. Swiftness of action or motion; speed.

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › celeritycelerity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 4, 2024 · celerity (usually uncountable, plural celerities) Speed, swiftness . ( oceanography, meteorology) The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c . ( hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › celerityCelerity Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. Swiftness in acting or moving; speed. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: speediness. rapidity. quickness. rapidness. velocity. legerity. speed. swiftness. hurry. haste. hustle. fleetness. expeditiousness. expedition. dispatch. Antonyms: sluggishness. slowness. Origin of Celerity.

  11. premium-oxforddictionaries-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk › definition › englishcelerity - definition of celerity in English from the Oxford...

    swiftness of movement:. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.