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What is the adjective for speed?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs speed, speedread and speedy which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

speeding
  1. Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
  2. Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).
  3. Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I had meant to be on time, but as I was walking from Piccadilly tube station, I got knocked to the ground by a speeding rollerblader.”
speedful
  1. (archaic) Successful; prosperous.
  2. (archaic) Effectual; efficient.
  3. (nonstandard) Full of speed; hasty; fast.
speedless
  1. (archaic) Lacking success or prosperity; not prosperous; unfortunate; unsuccessful.
  2. Without speed; slow; sluggish.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Stays but is basically speedless so he would want quagmire like conditions to take a hand again.”
      “Stays but is speedless so he would want quagmire-like conditions to do well.”
speeded
speedy
  1. rapid; swift
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The carpenter shop, however, continues to work at a speedy rate in order to provide all the cooperatives with a sufficient number of boxes.”
      “They are here to provide a speedy response to problems and difficulties encountered by those involved in the program.”
      “What the shipper of livestock wants is a speedy train, because he is up against a limitation of hours.”
speedier
  1. comparative form of speedy: more speedy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Whitney's company owned 8,000 horses and badly wanted a better, and speedier, form of motive power.”
      “It's involved in glucosamine synthesis for speedier joint repair, and it soothes aches, pains and inflammation.”
      “Furthermore, companies can charge premium prices for customers who request speedier delivery.”
speediest
  1. superlative form of speedy: most speedy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It's probably aggravating that your planetary ruler is the speediest and least linear of the lot, Mercury.”
      “Aragorn's the balanced fighter, while Gimli is the most powerful and Legolas is the speediest but weakest character.”
      “The speediest growth is inland, close to parks like Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Yosemite.”
sped
speedread
  1. (transitive) To read quickly, usually at an accelerated rate or unusually high level of speed while maintaining complete comprehension of the material read.
speedreading
  1. present participle of speedread
speedied
speedying
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