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Promptness

Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.

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Celerity 76% connected

Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.

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Quickness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.

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Rapidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvem…

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Rapidness 76% connected

Quality of being rapid; rapidity.

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Speediness 76% connected

The quality or state of being speedy.

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Timing 76% connected

of Time

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Promptitude 92% connected

The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.

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Punctuality 92% connected

The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

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Tardiness 94% connected

The quality or state of being tardy.

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Tardiness 94% connected

The quality or state of being tardy.

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