English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�kspɪ�dɪ��s/
Adjective
en-adj
#Fast, prompt, speedy.
#*1815, w:Jane_Austen|Jane Austen, Emma, ch. 38,
#*:Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious!�I believe we drive faster than any body.
#context|of a process or thing Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitate|facilitating speed.
#*1816, w:Sir_Walter_Scott|Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, vol. 1, ch. 7,
#*:As they thus pressed forward, longing doubtless to exchange the easy curving line, which the sinuosities of the bay compelled them to adopt, for a straighter and more expeditious path, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach.
#*1844, w:William_Makepeace_Thackeray|William Makepeace Thackeray, Barry Lyndon, ch. 14,
#*:Now, there was a sort of rough-and-ready law in Ireland in those days, which was of great convenience to persons desirous of expeditious justice.
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