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Filled answer is this word (SPEEDY).
Definitions
accomplished rapidly and without delay
Word origin
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
Used in a sentence
“" Without further parley, upon their knees they fell most devoutly, and for helpe on heaven never ceased extensively to intercessionate God, for his speedie recoverie.”
“They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.”
“After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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