Adjective : an expeditious answer to an inquiry. From Dictionary.com.
Maybe because a retreat to "expeditiousness" doesn't feel like an argument you'd support. From Wordnik.com. ["Oppose Wisconsin Checkpoints."] Reference
It could also be run “informally” so that the expeditiousness of the project is a benefit to all. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » An End to DNA Test Waivers?] Reference
He is to have full access to all of your findings, and you all are to consider his inquiries with the expeditiousness that you do mine. From Wordnik.com. [Going Mutant] Reference
And, finally, capitulation for the sake of expeditiousness is not the right path; Parenting was a much better name than any alternative we had. From Wordnik.com. [Naked in the Boardroom] Reference
Provide us with appropriate modalities for coming, with all deliberate expeditiousness, to closure, unless otherwise agreed between the parties. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Imagine that you are periodically forced to drop to the ground, remove your clothes, and that you are punished for moving with insufficient expeditiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Ayelet Waldman: How We Treat Those Who Have Transgressed] Reference
Here is one of the fronts in this new foreign policy, strengthened by Obama's pressure for expeditiousness (once a decision has been made) that is already transforming the implementation of policy. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: Did President Obama Bend History in Oslo?] Reference
He was not a man to stand on ceremony when action would better suit, though I thought it likely that the fraying of his temper at Prince Charles's actions, and a desire to escape the company of O'Sullivan, were more responsible for his coming in person to meet Jamie than any desire either for expeditiousness or confidentiality. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Not just hastened with wishy washy expeditiousness. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
If you were not expected, your expeditiousness is appreciated, be sure. '. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
I intend to produce something to ensure justice is hastened with legal expeditiousness. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
No representation is made or warranty given as to their content, road conditions or route usability or expeditiousness. From Wordnik.com. [MSDN Blogs] Reference
"We're committed to both speed and expeditiousness but also a deliberative process that allows us to get the right result.". From Wordnik.com. [InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines] Reference
He might have known that Miss Brandon had accomplished a miracle of expeditiousness; for it was not a quarter of an hour since she returned to the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Clique of Gold] Reference
The Justice Department declined an interview request, but in his ruling Attorney General Michael Mukasey cited the need to balance the rights of immigrants with "the expeditiousness and finality of removal proceedings.". From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The first striking difference between the transatlantic idealists and the Old World politicians lies in their different ways of appreciating expeditiousness, on the one hand, and the bases of the European state-system, on the other hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Inside Story of the Peace Conference] Reference
Only through the domination of the cabinet by a few of its most influential members can expeditiousness be preserved, and during recent years there has been a tendency toward the differentiation of an inner circle which shall bear to the whole cabinet a relation somewhat analogous to that which the cabinet now bears to the ministry. From Wordnik.com. [The Governments of Europe] Reference
He had taken delivery from someone who acted as their judge and jury, a man who paid him a thirty-thousand-dollar bonus above his going rate for such things to ensure Barabas’s expeditiousness, discretion, and silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Thieves of Darkness] Reference
81 questions, and I can think of a handful of things where expeditiousness was not your first priority. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference
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