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English Dictionary: speedy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
speedy
adj
  1. characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy"
    Synonym(s): rapid, speedy
  2. accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"
    Synonym(s): quick, speedy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Speedy \Speed"y\ (-[ycr]), a. [Compar. {Speedier}; superl.
      {Speediest}.] [AS. sp[emac]dyg.]
      Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in
      motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
  
               I will wish her speedy strength.            --Shak.
  
               Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould
               outfly.                                                   --Dryden.
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