Associations to the word «Celerity»

Wiktionary

CELERITY, noun. (in literary usage) Speed.
CELERITY, noun. (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

Dictionary definition

CELERITY, noun. A rate that is rapid.

Wise words

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