speedy
part of speech
adjective (speedy, speedier, speediest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Speedy means fast, moving or happening quickly: a speedy car, a speedy runner. tree →
2) Speedy also means happening soon, without delay: "Get well soon and have a speedy recovery." tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it is a friendly, informal word for fast. Cards often say "wishing you a speedy recovery". In stories it describes animals or characters. Phrases: "speedy recovery", "speedy service", "speedy delivery", "speedy reply".
examples
- The cheetah is the speediest land animal. tree →
- Thanks for your speedy reply! tree →
- We wish Grandpa a speedy recovery. tree →
- The shop promised speedy delivery. tree →
- My speedy little dog always wins the race. tree →
- We had a speedy lunch before the match. tree →
- A speedy decision is not always a good one. tree →
- As conductor of shades, Hermes was always invoked by the dying to grant them a safe and speedy passage across the Styx. tree →
note
Comparative: speedier, speediest (y to i). Noun: speed; adverb: speedily. In maths, "speed" is distance divided by time; "speedy" is just a describing word.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «speedy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.