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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Quickness

· Quick·ness · IPA /ˈkwɪknəs/
01 n. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
  1. 1.
    The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.[Obs.]
    “Touch it with thy celestial quickness.” — Herbert.
  2. 2.
    Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
    “This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness.” — Shak.
    “His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor.” — Macaulay.
  3. 3.
    Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
    “Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ?” — Locke.
  4. 4.
    Sharpness; pungency of taste.
Syn. Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.