Definition of "speedy"

speedy

/ˈspiː.di/

adjective
comparative speedier, superlative speediest
1. Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
  Quotations
  After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.
  1961 October, ""Voyageur"", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598
verb
third-person singular simple present speedies, present participle speedying, simple past and past participle speedied
1. (transitive) To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way.
  Quotations
  “ […] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood.”
  1647, [uncredited], Journals of the House of Lords (House of Lords), volume 10, page 389
  […] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized.
  1871, The Mauritius Reports, page 46
2. (transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete.

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