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# expeditious

«expeditious» in Mova's school dictionary: **Quick and efficient; done fast and without wasting time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (expeditious, more expeditious)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Quick and efficient; done fast and without wasting time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly used in formal letters, business and law: «an expeditious reply». In stories it can make a character sound stiff or official. Phrases: in an expeditious manner, expeditious delivery.

### examples

- We thank you for your expeditious reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#x1)
- The council promised an expeditious repair of the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#x2)
- The most expeditious way to the station is by train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#x3)
- The judge asked for an expeditious end to the case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#x4)
- The nurse dealt with the queue in an expeditious way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#x5)
- An expeditious tidy-up meant we could go out to play sooner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/#x6)

### note

Adverb: expeditiously. Related to «expedite» (to speed something up), not directly to «expedition» (a long journey), although they share a root. A formal word; in everyday speech say «quick» or «fast».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «expeditious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expeditious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.