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# quickness

noun (quickness, uncountable)

«quickness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Being fast in movement: «the quickness of a cat». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#m1)
2. Being clever and fast in thinking or understanding: «quickness of mind». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#m2)
3. Being easily stirred, especially to anger: «quickness of temper». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#m3)
4. Being quick to notice things with your eyes or ears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#m4)

### In the lessons

In PE and stories it describes speed and reflexes; in school, quickness of mind helps with mental maths; in describing people, «quickness of temper» means getting angry fast. Phrases: «quickness of mind», «quickness of hand», «with great quickness».

### Examples

- The goalkeeper's quickness saved the penalty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x1)
- Her quickness at mental maths amazed the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x2)
- The magician's quickness of hand fooled us all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x3)
- A cheetah's quickness helps it catch prey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x4)
- His quickness of temper got him into trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x5)
- Quickness is useful, but checking your answers matters too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x6)
- They had also bestowed on him the power of changing his shape, and had increased the quickness of his eyes and ears so that nothing escaped him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural. Related: quick, quickly, quicken. In everyday talk «speed» is more common; «quickness» often describes a person's skill. «The quick and the dead» is an old Bible phrase where «quick» means «living».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quickness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quickness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quickness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quickness.html) on Mova free.