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# swiftness

«swiftness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the quality of being very quick or fast** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Swiftness is the quality of being very quick or fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a runner or animal is praised for its speed, as in «remarkable swiftness of foot»

### examples

- The hare ran with great swiftness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftness/#x1)
- Her swiftness won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftness/#x2)
- He was proud of his swiftness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swiftness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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