Meaning

2 senses
  1. (nonstandard)Full of speed; hasty; fast.

  2. (archaic)Successful, effectual, efficient.

Origin

From Middle English speedful, spedeful, spedful (“successful, prosperous”), equivalent to

From Middle English speedful, spedeful, spedful (“successful, prosperous”), equivalent to speed + -ful.

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Forms

more speedful, most speedful
Comparativemore speedful Lesson
Superlativemost speedful Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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