noun
1. skillful performance or ability without difficulty (Freq. 1)
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his quick adeptness was a product of good design
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he was famous for his facility as an archer
• Syn: ↑adeptness, ↑adroitness, ↑deftness, ↑facility
• Derivationally related forms: ↑quick, ↑facile (for: ↑facility), ↑deft (for: ↑deftness), ↑adroit (for: ↑adroitness), ↑adept (for: ↑adeptness)
• Hypernyms: ↑skillfulness
• Hyponyms: ↑touch, ↑dexterity, ↑manual dexterity, ↑sleight
2. a rate that is rapid
• Syn: ↑celerity, ↑rapidity, ↑rapidness, ↑speediness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑speedy (for: ↑speediness), ↑rapid (for: ↑rapidness), ↑rapid (for: ↑rapidity), ↑quick
• Hyponyms:
↑fleetness, ↑immediacy, ↑immediateness, ↑instantaneousness, ↑instancy, ↑dispatch, ↑despatch, ↑expedition, ↑expeditiousness, ↑promptness, ↑promptitude
3. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
• Syn: ↑mental quickness, ↑quick-wittedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑quick-witted (for: ↑quick-wittedness), ↑quick
• Hypernyms: ↑intelligence
Useful english dictionary. 2012.