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say it: SPEE-dee
speedy is an adjective meaning "characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed". It carries 2 recorded senses.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
“was quick to make friends”
“his quick reaction prevented an accident”
“hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem”
“a speedy recovery”
“he has a right to a speedy trial”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for speedy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.