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  • 71rashness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Hastiness Nouns 1. rashness, temerity, incautiousness, imprudence, indiscretion, recklessness, folly; overconfidence, audacity, courage, sporting blood; precipitancy, precipitation, impetuosity,… …

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  • 72velocity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Speed Nouns 1. velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, expedition (see haste); acceleration; hurry, spurt, rush, dash; smart, lively, swift, or spanking pace; flying, flight; gallop, canter, trot …

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  • 73at — I (Roget s IV) prep. 1. [Position] Syn. on, by, near to, in, about, occupying the precise position of, in the vicinity of, placed at, situated at, found in, in front of, appearing in; see also in 1 , near 1 . 2. [Direction] Syn. toward, in the… …

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  • 74quickly — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rapidly] Syn. speedily, swiftly, fast, briskly, fleetly, flying, with dispatch, scurrying, hurrying, rushing, shooting, bolting, darting, flashing, dashing, suddenly, expeditiously, hastily, hurriedly, in haste, in Great …

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  • 75rapidly — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fast, swiftly, posthaste; see immediately , quickly 1 …

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  • 76apace — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) adv. swiftly, quickly, rapidly. see fast II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb In a rapid way: fast, posthaste, quick, quickly. Informal: flat out, hell for leather, lickety split, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in …

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  • 77flat out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb 1. Informal. In a direct, positive manner: emphatically, flat, flatly, positively. See STRONG. 2. Informal. In a rapid way: apace, fast, posthaste, quick, quickly. Informal: hell for leather, lickety split, pronto.… …

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  • 78hell-for-leather — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adverb Informal. In a rapid way: apace, fast, posthaste, quick, quickly. Informal: flat out, lickety split, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash …

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  • 79lickety-split — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb Informal. In a rapid way: apace, fast, posthaste, quick, quickly. Informal: flat out, hell for leather, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash …

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  • 80a.s.a.p. — ASAP (as soon as possible) eɪsæp quickly, speedily, posthaste …

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