FLEETNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fleetness mean? 

• FLEETNESS (noun)
  The noun FLEETNESS has 1 sense:

1. rapidity of movement

  Familiarity information: FLEETNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLEETNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rapidity of movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

fleetness of foot

Hypernyms ("fleetness" is a kind of...):

celerity; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speediness (a rate that is rapid)

Derivation:

fleet (moving very fast)