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Definition of Promptitude
1. Noun. The characteristic of doing things without delay.
Generic synonyms: Celerity, Quickness, Rapidity, Rapidness, Speediness
Derivative terms: Prompt
Definition of Promptitude
1. n. The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
Definition of Promptitude
1. Noun. The quality of being prompt; alacrity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Promptitude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Promptitude
Literary usage of Promptitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1865)
"... made her observations with the promptitude of an accomplished warrior, and
before the second bar of the melody indoors was finished, had knocked very ..."
2. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1829)
"promptitude of Napoleon—Military Preparations—Defeat of Murat—Disposition of the
French ... promptitude ..."
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