Quickness1. (n.) The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
2. (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
3. (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
4. (n.) Sharpness; pungency of taste.
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