expeditious
English
Etymology
expedite + -ous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/
Adjective
expeditious (comparative more expeditious, superlative most expeditious)
- Fast, prompt, speedy.
- 1815, Jane Austen, chapter 38, in Emma:
- Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious!—I believe we drive faster than any body.
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- (of a process or thing) Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
- 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 7, in The Antiquary, volume 1:
- As they thus pressed forward, longing doubtless to exchange the easy curving line, which the sinuosities of the bay compelled them to adopt, for a straighter and more expeditious path, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach.
- 1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 14, in Barry Lyndon:
- Now, there was a sort of rough-and-ready law in Ireland in those days, which was of great convenience to persons desirous of expeditious justice.
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Related terms
- expedite
- expeditiously
Translations
Fast, prompt, speedy
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