Antonyms for fleetness

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

Synonyms for fleetness

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