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expeditious

expeditious

6 7.8
Done quickly without wasting time
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃəs/
translation icon : rápido
  • The organization aims to provide expeditious service to its clients, ensuring quick resolutions to their issues.
  • in an expeditious manner
  • effective and expeditious
  • more expeditious

In fact, seeing the truth when you can't leave will often result in giving in on some of their BS because it's simply more expeditious to give in.

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Examples

  • This will help to make the proceedings more expeditious.

  • An accurate class division at the outset will make for a more expeditious trial in the long run.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I will see to it that everything is done in the most expeditious manner.

  • The girls found it profitable to make an expeditious decision.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Quietly telling the student that his or her behavior is inappropriate may be the most expeditious way to address the problem.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The pressure mounted for more expeditious FDA review processes during the 1990s, especially from industry.

    Academic text (2018)
  • We have a comparatively cheap and expeditious highway to market.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The easiest, least expensive, most expeditious way to accomplish this would be to construct very large solar installations.

    Blog text (21)
  • In Phuket, dental identification proved to be expeditious, accurate, and cost-effective.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The team completed the project in an expeditious manner, meeting the tight deadline without compromising quality.

Synonyms

fast
vsexpeditious
1.0

Moving or happening quickly

includes the same speed but also stresses efficient effort use
quick
vsexpeditious
1.0

Happening or done very fast without delay

adds the idea of doing the same quickly while avoiding waste
immediate
vsexpeditious
570 1.3

Happening at once without any delay

focuses on being quick and effective rather than only on timing
efficient
vsexpeditious
424 3.0

Able to do tasks well and quickly without wasting time or energy

describes completed actions that are both quick and not wasteful
instant
vsexpeditious
233 2.0

Happening right away and needing action now

involves prompt completion that is also well organized and quick
speedy
vsexpeditious
70 1.8

Moving or happening very quickly with little delay

also emphasizes doing things effectively as well as quickly
instantaneous
vsexpeditious
35 5.1

Happening right away without any delay

covers quick, efficient completion rather than only instant occurrence
accelerated
vsexpeditious
4.2

That makes a course or program go faster so people finish sooner

refers to actions that are fast and also use resources wisely

Antonyms

58 3.5

Not using time, work, or money well

slow
  • Informal
8 1.0

At a low speed

How Fast

swift
118 1.4
expeditious
6 7.8
prompt
28 3.4
deliberate
125 4.1
slow
1.0

Surface Forms

expeditious positive
expeditiouser comparative
expeditiousest superlative

Morphology

expeditious = expedite (transparent) = expedite + ious

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'expedite' with '-ious' yields 'expeditious' meaning quick and efficient.

Etymology

Expeditious comes from the Latin expedire, which meant 'to free the feet' and is made from ex- 'out' and ped- 'foot', and you can see the same root in pedal and expedite. So, expeditious means done quickly and efficiently.