Expeditious
What it means
Completed promptly and efficiently without needless delay.
Reach for it when praising fast handling that retains care and order
The expeditious response restored clean water before nightfall.
Words to choose between 5
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playful
quick as a flash
Fits when vivid informal praise for immediate action fits
Careful The idiom exaggerates speed and is unsuitable for measured reporting.
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everyday
Fits when action occurs at the useful or required moment
Careful Timely does not mean the work itself was completed quickly.
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warm
Fits when speed deserves energetic praise
Careful Swift highlights pace and can ignore accuracy, fairness, or preparation.
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professional
Fits when good use of time and resources matters
Careful An efficient process may still move slowly because of necessary stages.
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professional
Fits when timely response is the main virtue
Careful Prompt can mean merely on schedule and says little about efficient execution.
Opposites 3
- slow
- dilatory
- inefficient
Common phrases 3
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expeditious manner
The appeal was handled in an expeditious manner with both sides heard.
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expeditious response
An expeditious response kept the small leak from spreading.
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fair and expeditious
The panel promised a fair and expeditious review of every claim.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Naomi Persephone Amethyst, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated