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  • 61expedition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haste, dispatch, promptness, speed, alacrity; journey, quest, tour, trip, jaunt, excursion; crusade, campaign. See earliness, warfare, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Travel undertaken] Syn. excursion …

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  • 62haste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Swiftness Nouns haste, urgency; dispatch; acceleration, spurt, forced march, rush, dash; velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; impatience, impetuosity; expedition, earliness; hurry,… …

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  • 63hurry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. press, rush, drive, force; hasten, speed, accelerate, quicken, facilitate, scurry. See haste, expedition. II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. run, hasten, speed, move, step on it*, step on the gas*, get on… …

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  • 64hustle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. jostle, jolt, poke, prod; rush, bustle, hasten; slang, push, promote, advertise; slang, con, swindle, fleece, deceive, inveigle, lead on, take, sucker, sell a bill of goods; slang, solicit, walk the… …

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  • 65speed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. haste, hasten, hurry, accelerate. n. velocity, dispatch, expedition, swiftness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, celerity, briskness, activity, eagerness, haste, hurry, promptitude, acceleration …

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  • 66fleetness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quickness, velocity, rapidity; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed,… …

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  • 67quickness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, haste, agility; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, rapidity, rapidness, speed,… …

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  • 68rapidity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, celerity, dispatch; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidness, speed,… …

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  • 69swiftness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. acceleration, velocity, rapidity; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity,… …

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  • 70celerity — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. speed, quickness, alacrity, haste, dispatch, expedition, swiftness. ANT.: slowness, *snail s pace, leisureliness II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: dispatch, expedition,… …

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