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Feb. 17, 2016
celerity \suh-LER-i-tee\ noun
1. swiftness; speed.
Quotes It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with
slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose. But, peace be with him!
-- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, 1623 Origin Celerity finds
its roots in the Latin term celer meaning "swift." It entered English
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