Expeditious Meaning
/ɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFast, prompt, speedy.
adjCompleted or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
Sentence Examples
There is a more expeditious way we could be doing this.
We hope the process will be as expeditious as possible.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ delivery service guaranteed arrival within two hours of ordering.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We need an ____ response to this emergency to prevent any further damage to the building.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”), past participle of expediō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious!—I believe we drive faster than anybody."
— 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 15:
"An “expeditious cessation of hostilities” is essential to “stabilise European economies, prevent unintended escalation or expansion of the war and re-establish strategic stability with Russia”, the document says."
— 2025 December 6, “US security strategy urges ‘resistance’ to Europe and shrugs off Russian threat”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
"As they thus pressed forward, longing doubtless to exchange the easy curving line, which the sinuosities of the bay compelled them to adopt, for a straiter and more expeditious path, though less conformable to the line of beauty, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach advancing to meet them."
— 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 153:
"Now, there was a sort of rough-and-ready law in Ireland in those days which was of great convenience to persons desirous of expeditious justice[…]."
— 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “I return to Ireland, and exhibit my splendour and generosity in that kingdom”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 199:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ delivery service guaranteed arrival within two hours of ordering.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We need an ____ response to this emergency to prevent any further damage to the building.