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the adjective that promises haste but usually just means someone skipped the details.
means moving or happening with unusual quickness, often implying less care was taken than the situation deserved.
from from middle english sped, meaning success or prosperity — to speed originally meant to succeed at something, not just to hurry; the sense narrowed to velocity by the 1300s, quietly dropping the part about actually succeeding.
old meaningspeed once meant prosperity, not velocity
legal phrasespeedy trial guarantees haste, not accuracy
cartoon ironyspeedy gonzales still waits for royalty checks