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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fleet
Phonetic Transcription : flit



Definition of fleetness

Origin :
  • "swift," 1520s, but probably older than the record; apparently from or cognate with Old Norse fliotr "swift," and from the root of fleet (v.)). Related: Fleetness.
  • noun haste
Example sentences :
  • Off he flies, with the fleetness of fear, and in a few moments is seen no more.
  • Extract from : « Mary S. Peake » by Lewis C. Lockwood
  • The fleetness of his beast enabled him to distance all pursuit, and he escaped.
  • Extract from : « The Science of Fairy Tales » by Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • On many an occasion he owed his life to the fleetness of his mare.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • It was owing only to the fleetness of his horse that Tarleton escaped.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • If I possess any physical accomplishment in which I have confidence it is my fleetness of foot.
  • Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
  • Of course Gabriel had nothing for it but his fleetness of limb.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 » by Various
  • We feel as if his fleetness and boundless impulses were for the moment our own.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • Still the stag did not attempt to fly, yet in fleetness it could have outstripped the wind.
  • Extract from : « Manco, the Peruvian Chief » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • To the lion she gives claws and teeth; to the horse his hoofs and fleetness.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of the Mediterranean » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The fleetness and endurance of this creature are extraordinary.
  • Extract from : « Eothen » by A. W. Kinglake

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