expeditious

adj

Etymology: From Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”), past participle of expediō.

1. Fast, prompt, speedy.

   “Near-synonym: expedited”

   “Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious!—I believe we drive faster than anybody.”

2. Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.

   “Near-synonym: expedited”

   “As they thus pressed forward, longing doubtless to exchange the easy curving line, which the sinuosities of the bay compelled them to adopt, for a straiter and more expeditious path, though less conformable to the line of beauty, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach advancing to meet them.”