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Definition of Speediest
1. speedy [adj] - See also: speedy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speediest
Literary usage of Speediest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"... "to be had in the [*67S same court at which the return is made; and shall make
such other proceedings that justice may be done in the speediest manner. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... Ev'n with the speediest expedition 1 will dispatch him to the emperor's court.
.... speediest ..."
3. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"If he had transportation, and could march in that direction, no doubt it would
be the speediest way of relieving Richmond. Gen. Lee, however, knows best. ..."
4. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"I shall take the speediest method of communicating the event to General McDougall
at West Point, ..."
5. The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to by George Lunt (1866)
"Two Important Questions remaining after the War.—The Speediest Restoration best
for the Whole Country.—The Radical Pol: r —The Emancipation Question. ..."
6. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1837)
"... our opinion : and we say these things with the kindest intentions to the
blacks ; and because we seek their highest good and their speediest elevation. ..."
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