US /ˈspidi/ UK /ˈspiːdi/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    done or moving with great speed; prompt

    We wish you a speedy recovery from your illness.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · done or moving with great... fastquickrapidswiftpromptbriskhasty
Word family
Derived forms speedilyspeediness
Related forms speedspeeding

Etymology

From Old English spēdig ('successful, prosperous'), later 'swift', from spēd ('success, swiftness') + -ig.

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