adj
Meaning 1
Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swift, fast, quick
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
speedy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈspiː.di/
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rhymes with -iːdi
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CMU ARPABET: S P IY1 D IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speed up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speedy delete
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
accomplished rapidly and without delay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- was quick to make friends
- his quick reaction prevented an accident
- hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem
- a speedy recovery
- he has a right to a speedy trial
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quick
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a rapid movement
- a speedy car
- a speedy errand boy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rapid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
Scottish surname from an adjectival or diminutive form of Speed.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: тиҙ (tiź) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Bashkir: шәп (şəp) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Bulgarian: бърз (bǎrz) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Bulgarian: незабавен (nezabaven) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Catalan: ràpid — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Catalan: veloç — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Chinese Mandarin: 快速的 (kuàisù de) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Chinese Mandarin: 迅速的 (xùnsù de) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Dutch: spoedig — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Finnish: vauhdikas — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- French: prompt — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- French: rapide — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- German: schnell — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Hungarian: gyors — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Hungarian: sebes — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Irish: imeachtach — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Japanese: 高速 (kōsoku) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Latin: vēlox — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Latin: celer — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Latin: celox — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Latin: properus — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Macedonian: брз (brz) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Portuguese: rápido — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Portuguese: veloz — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Russian: бы́стрый (býstryj) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Scottish Gaelic: siùbhlach — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Spanish: rápido — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Spanish: pronto — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Thai: เร็ว (reo) — characterized by rapid or swift motion
- Vietnamese: sẵn sàng — characterized by rapid or swift motion
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