the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing
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The first picture illustrates the rapidity with which overall spending increases as people age.—Peter Ubel, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 The rapidity with which her end nears is approached with big feelings, but also lots of belly laughs through a score packed with wit and wisdom.—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 Having to react simultaneously to the rapidity of change in the industry with the frustrations of a slow process.—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024 Anger, moving through multiple levels of fiction and documentary with a vertiginous rapidity, turns a story about process into a new cinematic process in itself.—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rapidity
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Etymology
borrowed from French & Latin; French rapidité, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapiditāt-, rapiditās, from rapidus "flowing violently, rapid entry 1" + -itāt-, -itās-ity
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