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Search phrase: speedy

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW I.ii.7For speedy aid; wherein our dearest friendFor speedie ayde: wherein our deerest friend
CoriolanusCor I.iii.79I will wish her speedy strength and visit herI will wish her speedy strength, and visite her
HamletHam III.iii.24Arm you, I pray you, to this speedy voyage.Arme you, I pray you to this speedie Voyage;
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iv.54Which would have been as speedy in your endWhich would haue bene as speedy in your end,
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.133A speedy power to encounter you, my lord,A speedy power, to encounter you my Lord,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.iii.1Are not the speedy scouts returned againAre not the speedy scouts return'd againe,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.5You speedy helpers that are substitutesYou speedy helpers, that are substitutes
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.8This speedy and quick appearance argues proofThis speedy and quicke appearance argues proofe
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.207And craves your company for speedy counsel.And craues your company, for speedy counsell.
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.98And put the multitude to speedy flight.And put the multitude to speedy flyght:
King JohnKJ II.i.554Some speedy messenger bid her repairSome speedy Messenger bid her repaire
King LearKL I.v.4If your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there aforeif your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore
King LearKL IV.ii.82This letter, madam, craves a speedy answer.This Leter Madam, craues a speedy answer:
King LearKL IV.vi.213Near, and on speedy foot. The main descryNeere, and on speedy foot: the maine descry
King LearKL V.i.65His speedy taking off. As for the mercyHis speedy taking off. As for the mercie
Richard IIIR3 III.i.60Good lords, make all the speedy haste you may.Good Lords, make all the speedie hast you may.
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.141With speedy help doth lend redress.’with speedy helpe doth lend redresse.
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.32your speedy payment. your speedy payment.
Twelfth NightTN I.v.73God send you, sir, a speedy infirmity for the betterGod send you sir, a speedie Infirmity, for the better
The Winter's TaleWT III.i.13As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy,As it hath beene to vs, rare, pleasant, speedie,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.695 Unapt for tender smell or speedy flight, Vnapt for tender smell, or speedie flight,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1853 Which being done with speedy diligence, Which being done, with speedie diligence,

Glossary

 12 result(s).
briefquick, speedy, swift, expeditious
briefnessspeedy action, promptness
dispatch, despatchhasty removal, speedy concealment
dispatch, despatchprompt settlement, speedy handling
expedientspeedy, rapid, expeditious
expeditionhaste, speedy action, prompt dispatch
expeditiousspeedy, sudden, quickly needed
festinatespeedy, hasty, hurried
fleetingswift-moving, speedy
pinnacesmall speedy boat with a single mast
posterfast traveller, speedy rover
post-post-hastewith all possible speed, extremely speedy

Thesaurus

 13 result(s).
concealment, speedydispatch, despatch
handling, speedydispatch, despatch
speedybrief
speedyexpedient
speedyexpeditious
speedyfleeting
speedyfestinate
speedy actionbriefness
speedy actionexpedition
speedy concealmentdispatch, despatch
speedy handlingdispatch, despatch
speedy roverposter
speedy, extremelypost-post-haste

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