adj. Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Performed with celerity; quick; hasty; speedy: as, an expeditious march.
Nimble; active; swift; acting with celerity: as, an expeditious messenger or runner.
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adj. marked by speed and efficiency
Word Usage
"Judge Feldman, in his ruling, said the government is required to act in an "expeditious" manner, and that "the time delays at issue here are unreasonable.""