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• s  characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
  a speedy car
  a speedy errand boy
• s  accomplished rapidly and without delay
  hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem
  a speedy recovery
  he has a right to a speedy trial

• During World War II, Nazi officers in occupied Czechoslovakia were banned from driving the speedy rear-engined Tatras because so many had been killed behind the wheel.
• The new $1,199 model (which is pretty inexpensive for an Apple laptop) boasts a speedy 2.
• It may be the plainest comparative-shopping site on the Web, but we like NexTag because of its speedy, comprehensive search results and integrated product reviews.

• rapid
• quick

News & Articles

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• Samsung makes first PCIe-based SSD for Ultrabooks, we see one likely customer
  Solid-state drives are so speedy these days that that even a SATA interface might not have the bandwidth to cope. It's a good thing that Samsung has started mass-producing the first PCI Express-based SSDs for Ultrabooks, then. The new XP941 series uses PCIe's wider data path to read at nearly 1.4GB/s -- that's 2.5 times faster than the quickest SATA SSDs , and nimble enough to move 500GB in six ...
  June 17, 2013 - Engadget
• South Africans Wish Mandela a Speedy Recovery
  Schoolchildren sang and wished Nelson Mandela a speedy recovery Friday as he remained hospitalized with a lung infection. "Tata Mandela, we love you and we wish you well," they chanted. The children, carrying balloons and posters, gathered outside the Pretoria hospital where the 94-year-old former South African president has spent the past seven days. The current president, Jacob Zuma, visited ...
  June 14, 2013 - Voice of America
• Speedy Ortiz Get Personal on Lilting Loner Anthem 'No Below'
  Northampton four-piece Speedy Ortiz keep reminding us why we included them in our Best New Artists lineup...
  June 12, 2013 - Spin

Quotes

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• Bruce Springsteen in Reuters
  Danny is one of the pillars of our sound and has played beside me as a great friend for more than 40 years,Springsteen said in a statement. "We all eagerly await his healthy and speedy return."
• Ben Howland in Prince George Citizen
  The entire UCLA community wishes Coach Wooden a speedy recovery,Bruins coach Ben Howland said Friday night in Tucson, Ariz. "We are glad that his injuries are not more serious, and we look forward to seeing him when we return to Los...
• Martha Stewart in San Francisco Chronicle
  My heart goes out to Karen Tracy and I am hoping for a speedy recovery for those (both pets and humans) injured in this terrible event,Stewart wrote.