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Noun quickness has 3 senses
- adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
--1 is a kind of skillfulness
--1 has particulars: touch; dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight
- mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness - intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
--2 is a kind of intelligence
- celerity, quickness, rapidity - a rate that is rapid
--3 is a kind of pace, rate
--3 has particulars:
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