speedy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPEE'DY, adjective 1. Quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion; as a speedy flight; on speedy foot. 2. Quick in performance; not dilatory or slow; as a speedy dispatch of business.
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