expeditious
Fast, prompt, speedyFast, prompt, speedy.
» It's more expeditious to do it that way.
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2 sensesFast, prompt, speedy.
Near-synonym: expedited
schnell, zügig
Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
Near-synonym: expedited
marked by speed and efficiency
Examples
4 sentencesIt's more expeditious to do it that way.
He gave an expeditious answer to an inquiry.
We hope the process will be as expeditious as possible.
There is a more expeditious way we could be doing this.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, reaFrom Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”), past participle of expediō.
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Forms
more expeditious, most expeditious| Comparative | more expeditious Lesson |
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| Superlative | most expeditious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.