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Expeditiously

Definition: Expeditiously

Expeditiously

Adverb

1. In an efficient manner; "he functions efficiently".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "expeditiously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Synonyms: Expeditiously

Synonyms: efficiently (adv), with efficiency (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: inefficiently (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Expeditiously

English words defined with "expeditiously": Expeditely. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Expeditiously

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In selected patients who have not had the opportunity for adequate staging and debulking at the time of initial surgery, a definitive operative procedure as previously described should be completed expeditiously before further therapy is undertaken. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sweden

In most cases, persons who were returned expeditiously had passed through or had asylum determinations pending in other EU countries. (references)

Russia

The Government acted more expeditiously for applicants who had been citizens of the former Soviet Union and applied a more lenient standard. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

Corruption among customs officers does pose a problem in that petty bribes are sometimes necessary to clear shipments expeditiously. (references)

Human Rights

Iceland

Defendants have the right to appeal, and appeals are handled expeditiously. (references)

Singapore

The great majority of those arrested are charged expeditiously and brought to trial. (references)

Gabon

Charges often were not filed expeditiously, and persons often were detained arbitrarily for long periods. (references)

Political Economy

THAILAND

Thailand also required exporters to repatriate and deposit foreign exchange earnings more expeditiously. (references)

Worker Rights

Luxembourg

No laws or regulations specifically provide workers the right to remove themselves from dangerous work situations without jeopardy to their continued employment; however, every worker has the right to ask the Labor Inspectorate to make a determination regarding workplace safety, and the inspectorate usually does so expeditiously. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Expeditiously

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953I think that this Administration has given adequate proof of the fact that it desires to eliminate wartime controls as quickly and as expeditiously as possible.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Expeditiously

"Expeditiously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Expeditiously" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%3360,273

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Expeditiously

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

expeditiously

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Expeditiously

Language Translations for "expeditiously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

"急地. (various references)

   

Danish

  

behandle ansoegninger saa hurtigt som muligt (to deal with applications as expeditiously as possible). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aanvragen zo snel mogelijk behandelen (to deal with applications as expeditiously as possible). (various references)

   

French

  

traiter les demandes d'une manière aussi diligente que possible (to deal with applications as expeditiously as possible). (various references)

   

German

  

express (express, quickly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

eredményesen (effectively, efficiently, in an effective way, to put a job through), talpraesetten (aptly, snappily), gyorsan (agily, apace, at a good pace, at a great pace, at a lively clip, at a quick pace, at the double, chop-chop, expeditious, facilely, fast, headlong, in a hurry, on the double, presto, quick, quickly, rapidly, rashly, smart, speedily, swift, swiftly, to cast one's eye over sg, to flutter, to give sg the once-over, to skimp, to throw up), ügyesen (ably, adeptly, adroitly, capably, deftly, expertly, masterly, nattily, skillfully, sleekly, slick, slickly, to jink, to play one's cards well). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trattare la domanda con tutta la diligenza possibile (to deal with applications as expeditiously as possible). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

手っ取り早く (with dispatch). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

てっとりばやく (with dispatch). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

"게. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

expeditiouslyay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

tramitar las peticiones con la mayor rapidez posible (to deal with applications as expeditiously as possible). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Expeditiously

Misspellings

"Expeditiously" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: expediciously, expeditiosly, expeditously. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Expeditiously"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "expeditiously" (pronounced e'kspudi"shuslē)
7-d i" sh u s l ējudiciously.
6-i" sh u s l ēambitiously, capriciously, deliciously, maliciously, surreptitiously, suspiciously, viciously.
5-sh u s l ēanxiously, cautiously, consciously, facetiously, fallaciously, ferociously, graciously, hellaciously, ostentatiously, subconsciously, tenaciously, unconsciously.
4-u s l ēaimlessly, anonymously, assiduously, autonomously, breathlessly, callously, carelessly, ceaselessly, conscientiously, conspicuously, contemporaneously, contemptuously, continuously, courageously, curiously, dangerously, disastrously, jealously, laboriously, effortlessly, egregiously, endlessly, enormously, enviously, erroneously, fabulously, famously, flawlessly, frivolously, fruitlessly, furiously, generously, gloriously, gratuitously, grievously, harmlessly, harmoniously, helplessly, hideously, hilariously, hopelessly, horrendously, humorously, incongruously, indigenously, ingeniously, instantaneously, intravenously, listlessly, ludicrously, marvelously, mercilessly, meticulously, mindlessly, miraculously, mysteriously, needlessly, nervously, notoriously, obviously, ominously, outrageously, painlessly, perilously, piously, posthumously, precariously, precipitously, previously, prodigiously, purposely, recklessly, relentlessly, religiously, restlessly, ridiculously, righteously, rigorously, ruthlessly, scrupulously, seamlessly, seriously, shamelessly, simultaneously, spontaneously, strenuously, studiously, synonymously, tediously, tirelessly, tremendously, tremulously, unambiguously, unanimously, unceremoniously, variously, vicariously, vigorously, vociferously, zealously.
3-s l ēadversely, closely, concisely, conversely, densely, expressly, falsely, fiercely, grossly, immensely, intensely, inversely, loosely, nicely, parsley, perversely, precisely, princely, profusely, scarcely, sparsely, tensely, tersely, thusly.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Expeditiously

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-l-o-p-s-t-u-x-y"

-2 letters: expeditious.

-3 letters: euploidies.

-4 letters: exploited, exposited, lepidotes, outyelped, outyields, piteously, sepiolite, sextupled, tediously, yuletides.

-5 letters: deputies, duplexes, eelpouts, epidotes, epistyle, epoxides, euploids, euploidy, explodes, exploits, expulsed, lepidote, outsleep, outspeed, outyelps, outyield, petioled, petioles, pilosity, pisolite, pistoled, ploidies, poetised, polities, postlude, pyelitis, sedulity, sextuple, sextuply, solidity, solitude, speedily, stipuled, stupidly, toluides, tuxedoes, ulexites, utilised, yuletide.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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