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• Expeditious

  [ek-spi-dish-uh s] /ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ əs/ adjective 1. characterized by promptness; quick: an expeditious answer to an inquiry. /ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/ adjective 1. characterized by or done with speed and efficiency; prompt; quick adj. late 15c., expedycius “useful, fitting,” from Latin expeditus “disengaged, ready, prompt,” past participle of expidere (see expedite). Meaning “speedy” is from 1590s. Related: Expeditiously; […]

• Expeditiously

  [ek-spi-dish-uh s] /ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ əs/ adjective 1. characterized by promptness; quick: an expeditious answer to an inquiry. /ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/ adjective 1. characterized by or done with speed and efficiency; prompt; quick adj. late 15c., expedycius “useful, fitting,” from Latin expeditus “disengaged, ready, prompt,” past participle of expidere (see expedite). Meaning “speedy” is from 1590s. Related: Expeditiously; […]

• Expeditor

  [ek-spi-dahy-ter] /ˈɛk spɪˌdaɪ tər/ noun 1. a person or thing that something, especially one employed to move shipments on schedule, as for a railroad. /ˈɛkspɪˌdaɪtə/ noun 1. a person who expedites something, esp a person employed in an industry to ensure that work on each job progresses efficiently

• Expel

  [ik-spel] /ɪkˈspɛl/ verb (used with object), expelled, expelling. 1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. 2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college. /ɪkˈspɛl/ verb (transitive) -pels, -pelling, -pelled 1. to […]

• Expellant

  [ik-spel-uh nt] /ɪkˈspɛl ənt/ adjective 1. expelling, or having the power to expel. /ɪkˈspɛlənt/ adjective 1. forcing out or having the capacity to force out noun 2. a medicine used to expel undesirable substances or organisms from the body, esp worms from the digestive tract

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