noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the state of being immediate; immediacy countable, uncountable
2. 2
   lack of an intervening or mediating agency wordnet
3. 3
   the quickness of action or occurrence wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

instantaneousnessalacritydispatchexpeditionimmediacyimmediacy

Etymology

From immediate + -ness.

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