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Definition of celerity : Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.

Synonyms:

facility, adroitness, speediness, quick-wittedness, expedition, dispatch, haste, expeditiousness, deftness, mental quickness, fast, hustle, adeptness, rapidness, fleetness

impetus, gallop, swiftness, quickness, speed, rapidity, hurry, rush, pace, alacrity, velocity

Usage examples:

• Wherever he led us we gladly went, feeling that however formidable the force or dangerous the position we assailed, either by main force we could overcome, or by stratagem or celerity we could escape. - "Three Years in the Federal Cavalry", Willard Glazier.
• With respect to the second objection, that there would be a considerable interval between the rise of the price of corn and the rise of wages, during which much distress would be experienced by the lower classes,- I answer, that under different circumstances, wages follow the price of raw produce with very different degrees of celerity; that in some cases no effect whatever is produced on wages by a rise of corn; in others, the rise of wages precedes the rise in the price of corn; again, in some the effect is slow, and in others the interval must be very short. - "On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation", David Ricardo.
• When it alights, it can hardly be sprung a second time, as it runs very fast, and seems to depend for its safety more on the swiftness of its feet than the celerity of its wings. - "The Book of Household Management", Mrs. Isabella Beeton.