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Speedy
Definitions
- 1 Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
"" Without further parley, upon their knees they fell most devoutly, and for helpe on heaven never ceased extensively to intercessionate God, for his speedie recoverie."
- 1 accomplished rapidly and without delay wordnet
- 2 characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way. transitive
"“[…] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood.”"
- 2 To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete. transitive
"The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate."
Etymology
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
Scottish surname from an adjectival or diminutive form of Speed.
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