speedy

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//ˈspiː.di//

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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections

Key Verb Forms & Inflections
Third-person singular (he/she/it):speedies
Present Participle (-ing):speedying
Past Participle:speedied
Simple Past:speedied

Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.

Translations:[DE]schnell
verb
#2

(transitive) To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way.

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verb
#3

(transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete.

Example: The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.
Synonyms:

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

" 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.

1594, Thomas Nash, “The Terrors of the Night”, in Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, volume I, published 1807, →OCLC, page 270:

They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.

1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:

After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.

1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598:

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