Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speedful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
speed-ful
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Successful, effectual, efficient.

Archaic

adj

Full of speed; hasty; fast.

Etymology

From Middle English speedful, spedeful, spedful (“successful, prosperous”), equivalent to speed + -ful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more speedful (comparative) most speedful (superlative)

Derived Forms

speedfulness

Frequently Paired Words

speed speedfully

Antonyms

speedless

Questions

What does speedful mean?
Successful, effectual, efficient.
Where does speedful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce speedful

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