expeditiousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

expeditiousness
    n 1: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
         with dispatch" [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {expedition},
         {expeditiousness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Expeditious \Ex`pe*di"tious\, a.
   Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency
   and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with,
   expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an
   expeditious march or messenger. -- {Ex`pe*di"tious*ly}, adv.
   -- {Ex`pe*di"tious*ness}, n.

   Syn: Prompt; ready; speedy; alert. See {Prompt}.
        [1913 Webster]