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    quickness


    1. than anything, more than the gray matter between his ears or the quickness in the


    2. Then the snow began to fall so thickly that the little boy could not see an arm's length before him, but still on he went: when suddenly he let go the string he held in his hand in order to get loose from the sledge, but it was of no use; still the sled rushed on with the quickness of the wind


    3. He did so with surprising quickness


    4. with nimble quickness, Shamus thinks


    5. for your quickness I should have died and never found it


    6. Paralyzed into statue-like immobility, she now saw as if in a dream, her love, snatch from the hands of a defender close by, a bow and an arrow, which was launched with a quickness almost beyond perception


    7. Probably, he thought, because they mostly dealt with thieves, grave robbers, and rebels where quickness was more important than discipline


    8. Yigal, cutting in with the same quickness and volume, snarled, “He’s gotta be out of his mind!”


    9. “Away now! Go with the utmost stealth and quickness! And remember, do what you will, in the


    10. Yigal, cutting in with the same quickness and volume, snarled, “He's gotta be out of his mind!”

    11. I stood with the quickness and glanced around avidly


    12. When I asked you to become as little children as the price of entering the kingdom, I referred not to ease of deception, mere willingness to believe, nor to quickness to trust pleasing strangers


    13. Strongest virtues – great communication skills, quickness and agility of thought, ability to learn quickly


    14. With a quickness her tender limbs could not approximate, he caught her wrist, twisting it in pure wanton cruelty until she screamed and sank to her knees


    15. The instant the Cimmerian's back was turned, Thalis, with a pantherish quickness almost incredible, clapped her hand over Natala's mouth, stifling the cry she tried to give


    16. Unaccustomed to battle, they were ridiculously slow and clumsy compared to the tigerish barbarian whose motions were blurs of quickness possible only to steel thews knit to a perfect fighting brain


    17. He was within reach of the yard-long Zhaibar knife that glittered in the intruder's fist, and he knew the desperate quickness of a hillman


    18. But Conan had recognized the flight and stroke of the javelin, and he acted with spring-steel quickness


    19. Suddenly and with appalling quickness, the mastodonic brute reared up on its mighty hind legs and elongated its neck and body in a furious effort to reach this vociferous pigmy whose clamor was disturbing the primeval silence of its ancient realm


    20. With a quickness amazing in one of his bulk he snatched her sword and threw it across the chamber

    21. Either he was perfectly at rest—still as a bronze statue—or else he was in motion, not with the jerky quickness of over-tense nerves, but with a cat-like speed that blurred the sight which tried to follow him


    22. Ascalante leaped like a wolf, halted almost in midair with incredible quickness and fell prostrate to avoid the death which was hissing toward him


    23. The serpent, suspicious as all its kind, whipped about with a quickness incredible for its bulk, and vanished with a long-drawn slithering down the corridor


    24. “Battle Wing” and knew their reputation for quickness in combat whether in space or hand-to-hand


    25. boxer but with increased quickness and talent


    26. The buzzer sounded, and as the match began Lyil noted that Ben's quickness and finesse more than compensated for his broad shoulders and stout chest


    27. "There are two of the crew members aboard the G15 who performed with intelligence and quickness when the situation called for it


    28. Quickness lends itself to surprise


    29. who they are and will subsequently be weeded out (with a quickness)


    30. Such a strong and positive introduction astonished the sultan and filled him with admiration, as (by our officer’s quickness of intellect and appropriate behaviour) he did not have the slightest reason to believe that the man before him was impersonating General Saleem Bey

    31. For the next nuclear war is distinguished, like other wars, by quickness and surprise, but this war differs from those preceded it concerning the aim, as in the previous wars, the aim beyond fastness and surprising was to achieve victory, but in this war, that is, the nuclear and hydrogen-war, the aim is to avoid the danger of total ruin and to wipe up the opponent completely before he has the opportunity to retort his enemy


    32. Her coiled haunches launched her forward with a quickness that could hardly be expected; she thrust her head low as A’qil loosed both bolts from his crossbow


    33. It was at the end of supper, and he had just removed his book from the supporting loaf and was getting up to go when she ran across to him with the quickness of despair and laid hold of him by both his sleeves and said, "Forgive me


    34. She liked the way he fidgeted, and the quickness of his movements


    35. What wits, what quickness, what gifts--so varied and so deftly used--what skill in deception, what resourcefulness in danger, what self-command--"


    36. Before he came in they had been saying things beyond her quickness in following, eagerly discussing Sinn Fein, Lloyd George, the outrageous cost of living--it was the autumn of 1920--turning everything inside out, upside down, being witty, being surprising, being tremendously eager and earnest


    37. Lizzie disappeared with the quickness of relief


    38. O'Connell was startled by the quickness of the answer and sat contemplating Olin for several moments


    39. With quickness Norman had never seen in


    40. Zevin wasn’t as heavy of build as his brother’s were, but he made up for it with a quickness of agility that Roric doubted, if even he could match anymore

    41. Don was enchanted at the spirit of the Dragons and their quickness to act


    42. The rotation speed is increased with each revolution, and then the circle becomes a game of quickness


    43. Similarly, during two or three hours of drawl, and the winnowing of many bushels of words, Madame Defarge's frequent expressions of impatience were taken up, with marvellous quickness, at a distance: the more readily, because certain men who had by some wonderful exercise of agility climbed up the external architecture to look in from the windows, knew Madame Defarge well, and acted as a telegraph between her and the crowd outside the building


    44. Carton's negligent recklessness of manner came powerfully in aid of his quickness and skill, in such a business as he had in his secret mind, and with such a man as he had to do with


    45. With wonderful quickness, and with a strength both of will and action, that appeared quite supernatural, he forced all these changes upon him


    46. With fiery quickness: therefore prepare thyself;


    47. Dorothea fancied that Don Fernando changed colour and looked as though he meant to take vengeance on Cardenio, for she observed him put his hand to his sword; and the instant the idea struck her, with wonderful quickness she clasped him round the knees, and kissing them and holding him so as to prevent his moving, she said, while her tears continued to flow, "What is it thou wouldst do, my only refuge, in this unforeseen event? Thou hast thy wife at thy feet, and she whom thou wouldst have for thy wife is in the arms of her husband: reflect whether it will be right for thee, whether it will be possible for thee to undo what Heaven has done, or whether it will be becoming in thee to seek to raise her to be thy mate who in spite of every obstacle, and strong in her truth and constancy, is before thine eyes, bathing with the tears of love the face and bosom of her lawful husband


    48. "Christians, Christians! thieves, thieves!" by which cries we were all thrown into the greatest fear and embarrassment; but the renegade seeing the danger we were in and how important it was for him to effect his purpose before we were heard, mounted with the utmost quickness to where Hadji Morato was, and with him went some of our party; I, however, did not dare to leave Zoraida, who had fallen almost fainting in my arms


    49. The Moor had hardly heard these words when with marvellous quickness he flung himself headforemost into the sea, where no doubt he would have been drowned had not the long and full dress he wore held him up for a little on the surface of the water


    50. fortune,' and experience has often shown in important affairs that the earnestness of the negotiator brings the doubtful case to a successful termination; but in nothing does this truth show itself more plainly than in war, where quickness and activity forestall the devices of the enemy, and win the victory before the foe has time to defend himself


































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    Sinonimi per "quickness"

    celerity quickness rapidity rapidness speediness mental quickness quick-wittedness adeptness adroitness deftness facility expeditiousness alacrity dispatch haste promptness expedition