Expeditiousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expeditious \Ex`pe*di"tious\, a.
     Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency
     and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with,
     expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an
     expeditious march or messenger. -- {Ex`pe*di"tious*ly}, adv.
     -- {Ex`pe*di"tious*ness}, n.


  
     Syn: Prompt; ready; speedy; alert. See {Prompt}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expeditiousness
       n : the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
           with dispatch" [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {expedition}]