as in velocity
a high rate of movement or performance
a journalist who writes his well-crafted stories with remarkable celerity
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Recent Examples of celerity
Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several of Diana’s closest friends will appear in interviews.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several of Diana’s closest friends will appear in interviews.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Electrons in solids tend to bump into atoms instead of moving uninterrupted, so being able to control them with such celerity was crucial for the team to carry out its Peter-Pan-and-his-shadow manipulation of the electron and the hole.
—Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2021
The Met gala guest list was star-studded this year, which obviously means there were plenty of celerity couples walking the carpet.
—Christopher Ros, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2021
The list goes on, but the difference between now and centuries ago is the frequency and celerity with which materials move between continents and the increasing intensity of climate change.
—Claire Marie Porter, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2019
People solve mysteries and puzzles with shocking celerity.
—Daniel Payne, National Review, 20 July 2019
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several of Diana’s closest friends will appear in interviews.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Electrons in solids tend to bump into atoms instead of moving uninterrupted, so being able to control them with such celerity was crucial for the team to carry out its Peter-Pan-and-his-shadow manipulation of the electron and the hole.
—Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2021
The Met gala guest list was star-studded this year, which obviously means there were plenty of celerity couples walking the carpet.
—Christopher Ros, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2021
The list goes on, but the difference between now and centuries ago is the frequency and celerity with which materials move between continents and the increasing intensity of climate change.
—Claire Marie Porter, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2019
People solve mysteries and puzzles with shocking celerity.
—Daniel Payne, National Review, 20 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for celerity
Noun
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Too many teams confuse velocity with fragility, pushing features quickly, then burning time fixing avoidable outages.—
Kevin Meyer,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The veteran left-hander’s weight and ERA were way up, and the velocity of his fastball was way down, a combination that was obvious to anyone who watched Quijada, a key component of the team’s bullpen in 2022, give up 11 runs in 7⅓ innings of eight spring-training games for a 13.50 ERA.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The corridor has almost 18,000 vehicles travel through it on average daily, with an average speed of 30.6 miles per hour, according to city data.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Pairing this decision with clear, continuous communication to the customer around how the situation is being approached and how they will be kept up to speed is key to the overall successful management of the chaos.—
Laurie Waligurski,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Celerity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celerity. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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