celerity

/səˈlɛrədi/

Other forms: celerities

While it looks a lot like "celery," celerity means something that vegetables are not — fast moving. Gossip often travels with celerity, as do children trying to get to a big plate of cookies.

When you see the word celerity, think accelerate, like a car when you step on the gas. Both words share the Latin root celer which means "swift." You may want to study for exams with celerity, but using a slower, more methodical approach will often yield better results.

Definitions of celerity

1. noun

   a rate that is rapid
   synonyms: quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness

   types:

   fleetness

   rapidity of movement

   immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness

   the quickness of action or occurrence

   despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness

   the property of being prompt and efficient

   promptitude, promptness

   the characteristic of doing things without delay

   type of:

   clip, pace, rate

   the relative speed of progress or change