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noun

Promptness n.

Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.

Cheerful willingness; alacrity.

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Etymology of 'Promptness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Promptness" Quotes from Famous Books

... mathematical promptness—first Horace, named after his grandfather Winter, of course; then Martha, named after no one in particular, but so called because Hermie Slocum insisted, stubbornly, that Martha was a good name for a girl. Martha herself fixed all that by the simple process ...

— Gigolo • Edna Ferber

... whom he thus left to their own devices, and who had long been expecting some such moment, acted with almost equal promptness in making prisoners of the two remaining white men. A few minutes of animated discussion as to what should be done with them ensued. All were impatient to join their fellow savages, and share in the spoils of their certain ...

— At War with Pontiac - The Totem of the Bear • Kirk Munroe and J. Finnemore

... with promptness and decision. A hundred undergraduates, recruited from his own college, were ordered to cross the stream climb the ridge whence the fire had been hottest, and bring on the battle. Boldly the little band plunged into the ...

— From Canal Boy to President - Or The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... existence of the Order of Sons of Liberty in Chicago, and the utmost vigilance, prudence, perseverance, patience, promptness and daring, the aims, designs and acts of this Order, of the American Knights and kindred organizations have been brought to light, its every evil purpose and plan laid before the Government, and the ...

— The Great North-Western Conspiracy In All Its Startling Details • I. Windslow Ayer

... be something for me," said Isabelle with promptness and vigour. "You let me desert my family for a career, and you've got to ...

— The Cricket • Marjorie Cooke

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