Quick'ness, n.

n. 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert. 2. Rapidity of motion; speed; celerity. *Must send thee hence With fiery quickness. Milton.* 3. Activity; briskness; promptness; as, the quickness of the imagination or wit. His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay.

4. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
5. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer.

Syn.—Velocity; celerity; rapidity; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; sagacity; shrewdness; sharpness; penetration; keenness.