Expeditious vs Winged - What's the difference?
expeditious | winged | Related terms |
Fast, prompt, speedy.
* 1815 , , Emma , ch. 38,
(of a process or thing) Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
* 1816 , , The Antiquary , vol. 1, ch. 7,
* 1844 , , Barry Lyndon , ch. 14,
Having wings.
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Swift.
(in combination) having wings of a specified kind
(in combination) having the specified number of wings
(wing)
Expeditious is a related term of winged.
As adjectives the difference between expeditious and winged
is that expeditious is fast, prompt, speedy while winged is (poetic).expeditious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious !—I believe we drive faster than any body.
- 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 straighter and more expeditious path, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach.
- 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.
winged
English
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
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- weak-winged
- The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.