Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being fleet; swiftness; rapidity in motion; speed.
- noun Synonyms Swiftness, Speed, etc. See
quickness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed.
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- noun The quality of being
fleet
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- noun rapidity of movement
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Examples
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Their "fleetness" is needed to counteract his restless activity; their red color implies the final great carnage (Eze 39: 1-29;
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“Antar” Asáfír camels are beasts that fly like birds in fleetness.
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Sport is a plausible pleasure; to love horses and take delight in their fleetness is a pardonable vanity, but you are here to practise an unpardonable vice.
The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
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Along with technical fleetness, it embodies a national style that the legendary French pianist Marguerite Long once described as an art that favors "grace" over "force."
A Classicist in the Modern Age Stuart Isacoff 2012
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When a man attacks your ability as a foot-racer, promptly prove to him that he was drunk the week before last, and the average man in the crowd of gaping listeners will believe that you have convincingly refuted the slander on your fleetness of foot.
The Other Animals 2010
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What that means is lots of stuttering bass and big, concussive beats that incite epiphanic fist-pumps as much as fleetness of feet.
Brazen Beats and Metal Mayhem Andy Battaglia 2012
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But it's a risky and capital-intensive game and one requiring a fleetness of foot to grasp opportunities and adapt quickly to contrary political circumstances.
Europe's Big Oil Sees Output Fall Alexis Flynn 2011
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And thanks to a combination of military excellence, clever stratagem, fleetness of foot and far more important, hoof, flexibility, and when necessary utter ferocity, they did all this while generally being outnumbered by their enemies.
William Astore: Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire: What It Means When We Say We Have the World's Finest Fighting Force William Astore 2011
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He can switch from personal to political in a flicker, and the knotty orchestrations of his backing band – chiefly comprising improv jazzers – share that fleetness of expression.
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And thanks to a combination of military excellence, clever stratagem, fleetness of foot and far more important, hoof, flexibility, and when necessary utter ferocity, they did all this while generally being outnumbered by their enemies.
William Astore: Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire: What It Means When We Say We Have the World's Finest Fighting Force William Astore 2011
oroboros commented on the word fleetness
An interlacing of FETES + LENS.
September 6, 2010